Education and Skills Funding Agency

Regional winners in the National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 are being announced at 9 regional ceremonies taking place over the next 3 weeks.

The date of the 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week - to take place in 2019 – has been announced and will run from 4 to 8 March 2019.

The ESFA has a sound system of governance and internal control, in its first annual report, which the Comptroller and Auditor General has certified, receiving an unqualified audit opinion.

From early September 2018, staff from apprenticeships and the professional and technical education reform teams within DfE will move into the ESFA.

Detailed guidance for academy trusts and auditors on preparing and auditing academy trusts’ annual financial statements.

A new trial will enable AEB providers to fully fund learners, who are employed and in receipt of a low wage and cannot contribute towards the cost of co-funding fees.