Skills Funding Agency

16 April 2014 — News story

ESF social enterprise Fifteen Cornwall wins international award

This month Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall won a top award at the Europe wide RegioStars 2014 run by the European Commission.

11 April 2014 — News story

Traineeships can provide young people with the skills employers want

A new poll indicates that traineeships can give young people the skills and work experience to help them get a job.

3 April 2014 — News story

Driving the Innovation Code into action

New and emerging technologies often require innovation in skills delivery. Gateshead College has certainly embraced this vision with the...

11 April 2014 — News story

Brathay apprentice challenge 2014: finalists announced

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced the finalists for the apprentice team of the year.

26 March 2014 — News story

Over 95% of schools in England use the learning records service

Over 95% of schools in England have now registered to use the learning records service to get unique learner numbers for their pupils.

28 March 2014 — News story

National job confidence increases in line with economic recovery

The third National Careers Service job confidence index, released today (28 March 2014), shows the nation’s job confidence is increasing.

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1. Skills Funding Agency: update

   • updated 23 April 2014
   • Collection

2. SFA update: issue 205 (23 April 2014)

   • published 23 April 2014
   • Correspondence

3. ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2014 to 2015

   • updated 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

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What we do

We fund skills training for further education (FE) in England. We support over 1,000 colleges, private training organisations, and employers with more than £4 billion of funding each year.

SFA is an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

Read more about what we do

We work on these topics

1. Further education and skills

   The government aims to make sure that further education provides the skilled workforce employers need and helps individuals reach their full potential. Read more

Documents

Our announcements

1. ESF social enterprise Fifteen Cornwall wins international award

   • 16 April 2014
   • News story

2. Traineeships can provide young people with the skills employers want

   • 11 April 2014
   • News story

See all our announcements

Our publications

1. SFA update: issue 205 (23 April 2014)

   • 23 April 2014
   • Correspondence

2. ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2014 to 2015

   • 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

1. SFA: national success rates tables 2012/13: open data CSV files

   • 16 April 2014
   • Statistics - national statistics

2. Further education and skills: open data CSV files

   • 10 April 2014
   • Statistics - national statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

• 

  Barbara Spicer

  Interim Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency

• Julie Robson

  Director, Growth, Skills Funding Agency

• Keith Smith

  Director, Funding and Programmes, Skills Funding Agency

• Marinos Paphitis

  Director, Provider Management, Skills Funding Agency

• Paul McGuire

  Director, Operations, Skills Funding Agency

Contact SFA

Office address

Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT

Email info@sfa.bis.gov.uk

Telephone: 0345 377 5000

Fax: 024 7682 3675

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
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Freedom of Information requests

Information Rights Manager
Skills Funding Agency
Cheylesmore House
Coventry
CV1 2WT

Email freedomofinformation@skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk

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