Guidance

Condition Improvement Fund: 2020 to 2021 outcome

Information for academies, sixth-form colleges and non-diocesan voluntary aided schools about the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2020 to 2021.

Applies to England

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Successful applications for CIF 2020 to 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) has published the Condition Improvement Fund 2020 to 2021 outcome. This will provide funding of over £434m for 1,476 projects at 1,243 academies, sixth-form colleges and non-diocesan voluntary aided schools.

We have contacted all applicants to inform them of the outcome of their application. Further information, setting out next steps for applicants has been provided.

CIF 2020 to 2021 additional successful projects

Additional funding has been made available for CIF 2020 to 2021 projects. As a result, we can provide £182m to fund a further 580 high quality projects at 548 academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools. These projects narrowly missed the threshold when the CIF funding outcomes were announced in June 2020.

We have contacted all applicants to inform them of the outcome of their application. Information setting out next steps for applicants has been provided.

CIF 2020 to 2021 appeals

We have published the list of successful appeals for the CIF 2020 to 2021 round. This will provide additional funding of £15.7 million for 48 projects at 48 additional academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools.

If you submitted an appeal and your project appears on this list, we will contact you to confirm what happens next.

If your project does not appear on the list, then your appeal has not been successful. This decision is final, there is no further stage in the appeals process, and we are unable to consider any requests to review this decision.

Final funding outcomes

We have published the final funding outcomes for the CIF 2020 to 2021 round. These are the total amount of funding allocated to projects.

Contact

If you need further advice, contact us using the ESFA Enquiry form.

Published 29 June 2020
Last updated 29 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Condition improvement fund 2020 to 2021: final outcome' and updated page text to reflect this.

  2. Added ‘Condition Improvement Fund: 2020 to 2021 appeals outcome’. Updated the ‘CIF 2020 to 2021 appeals’ section to reflect the fact that we have now published the list of successful appeals.

  3. Updates reflect that the appeals round for CIF 2020 to 2021 is open.

  4. Added additional successful projects.

  5. First published.