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Director of Funding appointment and new single Funding Operations Centre of Excellence

Announcement of the Director of Funding for the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).

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News story

Eileen Milner, Christmas and New Year message

Christmas and New Year message from the Chief Executive

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ESFA funded adult education budget 2019 to 2020 illustrative allocations issued

To aid with planning - illustrative adult education budget allocations issued for 2019 to 2020 years

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News story

Blazing a Trail with National Apprenticeship Week 2019

‘Blaze a Trail’ will be the theme for National Apprenticeship Week 2019 (NAW 2019), Apprenticeships and Skills minister Anne Milton announced today (13 December).

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News story

Post 16 funding arrangements published for 2019 to 2020

Post-16 funding letter for the 2019 to 2020 academic year published

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Detailed guide

Register of apprenticeship training providers

Organisations that are eligible to receive government funding to train apprentices.

Latest from the Education and Skills Funding Agency

  1. 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2019 to 2020
    • Guidance
  2. Using the apprenticeship brand
    • Promotional
  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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Announcements

  1. ESFA Update: 16 January 2019
    • Correspondence
  2. Director of Funding appointment and new single Funding Operations Centre of Excellence
    • News story
  3. See all announcements

Consultations

  1. Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools
    • Consultation outcome
  2. See all consultations

Publications

  1. 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2019 to 2020
    • Guidance
  2. Using the apprenticeship brand
    • Promotional
  3. See all publications

Statistics

  1. Further education and skills data
    • Statistical data set
  2. FE Choices employer satisfaction survey: 2017 to 2018
    • Official statistics
  3. See all statistics

Our management

Eileen Milner
Eileen Milner
Chief Executive, Education and Skills Funding Agency
Mike Pettifer
Director, Academies and Maintained Schools, ESFA
Sue Husband
Director, Employer and Employee Engagement, ESFA
Peter Mucklow
Director, Further Education, ESFA
Keith Smith
Director, Apprenticeships, ESFA
Matthew Atkinson
Director, Provider Market Oversight, ESFA
Kirsty Evans
Associate Director, Adult Funding Operations, ESFA
Béatrice Lightfoot
Director, Central Services, ESFA
Jennifer Coupland
Director, Professional and Technical Education, 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

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

FOI contact form

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