Guidance

16 to 19 Bursary Fund audit guide for local authorities: 2022 to 2023 academic year

A non-mandatory audit guide for local authorities to gain assurance that institutions are administering the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund correctly.

This publication was withdrawn on

This has been withdrawn as it is out of date.

Read the 2023 to 2024 version of this guidance on GOV.UK.

Applies to England

Documents

ESFA audit working papers

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Details

Who this guide is for

This Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) audit guide is designed to help local authorities gain assurance that institutions are administering the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund correctly. It will be of interest to local authority chief financial officers, directors of children’s services, heads of children’s services finance and heads of internal audit.

The guide is not mandatory. Local authorities (LAs) must consider the risks to funding and need for assurance for their own direct provision, including local authority maintained schools with sixth forms, but it is for chief financial officers to determine whether and how work is undertaken to enable them to make their grant returns to ESFA.

Published 19 April 2022