Education and Skills Funding Agency

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  3. Learning Records Service (LRS)
  4. Further education funding
  5. Hire an apprentice
  6. School and college funding and finance

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News story

National Careers Service Virtual Jobs Fair returns on June 8

Following the success of its first Virtual Jobs Fair in May, with over 1000 job, apprenticeship and volunteering opportunities advertised, the National Careers Service is holding a second fair from Monday 8 to Friday 12 June.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings

Guidance and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19) in educational settings for staff, parents and carers, pupils and students.

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Guidance

Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak

Guidance for further education (FE) providers on maintaining education and skills training, changes to funding arrangements, data collections and assessment.

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Guidance

Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

This document sets out guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers and assessment organisations in response to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).

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ESFA Update

Our weekly newsletter containing actions and information for ESFA-funded organisations.

Latest from the Education and Skills Funding Agency

  1. Academies budget forecast returns
    • Detailed guide
  2. National Careers Service Virtual Jobs Fair returns on June 8
    • News story
  3. Register of end-point assessment organisations
    • Detailed guide

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What the Education and Skills Funding Agency does

The ESFA brings together the former responsibilities of the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to create a single agency accountable for funding education and skills for children, young people and adults.

ESFA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education.

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Services

  1. Find an apprenticeship
  2. Check what help you could get with childcare costs
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Guidance and regulation

  1. Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
    • Guidance
  2. Apprenticeship funding rules
    • Detailed guide
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. National Careers Service Virtual Jobs Fair returns on June 8
    • News story
  2. ESFA: Business Update
    • Correspondence
See all news and communications

Research and statistics

  1. Further education and skills data
    • Statistical data set
  2. National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2017 to 2018
    • Research
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Reforms to subcontracting education for learners over 16
    • Closed consultation
  2. School resource management adviser (SRMA) pilot evaluation
    • Impact assessment
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Funding allocations to training providers: 2018 to 2019
    • Transparency
  2. Uplift factors and postcode files
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Eileen Milner
Eileen Milner
Chief Executive, Education and Skills Funding Agency
Mike Pettifer
Director, Academies and Maintained Schools, ESFA
Kirsty Evans
Director, Further Education, ESFA
Peter Mucklow
Director, Apprenticeships, ESFA
Matthew Atkinson
Director, Provider Market Oversight, ESFA
Sue Lovelock
Director, Professional and Technical Education, ESFA
Kate Josephs
Director, Funding Directorate, ESFA
Charlotte Briscall
Director, Customer Experience, Digital and Data, ESFA

Contact ESFA

General enquiries

Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD

United Kingdom

Contact Form: General enquiries

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of information (FOI) requests

Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
United Kingdom

FOI contact form

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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