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DfE Update: 22 October 2025
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
Applies to England
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Latest for further education
| Article | Title |
|---|---|
| Action | R03 submission: estimated student numbers |
| Action | Apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary |
| Information | Foundation apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Information | Level 7 (postgraduate level) apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Information | 16 to 19 and adult revenue funding allocations for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Update to college financial handbook about special severance pay |
| Information | Updated list of T Level qualifications, learning aim references and end dates |
| Reminder | Submit your final Individualised Learning Record return |
Latest information for academies
| Article | Title |
|---|---|
| Action | R03 submission: estimated student numbers |
| Action | Apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary |
| Information | Update to academy trust handbook about special severance pay |
| Information | Updated list of T Level qualifications, learning aim references and end dates |
| Information | PE and sport premium allocations and conditions of grant for 2025 to 2026 academic year |
| Information | Land and buildings collection tool 2025 |
| Information | Foundation apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Information | Level 7 (postgraduate level) apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Reminder | Submit your autumn school census for 2025 |
| Reminder | Submit your final Individualised Learning Record return |
| Your feedback | Opportunity to take part in an early career teachers funding survey |
| Events and webinars | Automating your accounts return |
| Events and webinars | Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool overview |
| Events and webinars | Risk protection arrangement members only - mock trial |
Latest information for local authorities
| Article | Title |
| Action | R03 submission: estimated student numbers |
| Action | Apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary |
| Information | Updated list of T Level qualifications, learning aim references and end dates |
| Information | Update on early years 2025 autumn term data collection |
| Information | PE and sport premium allocations and conditions of grant for 2025 to 2026 academic year |
| Information | Foundation apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Information | Level 7 (postgraduate level) apprenticeships – additional funding and exemptions to age limits |
| Reminder | Submit your autumn school census for 2025 |
| Your feedback | Opportunity to take part in an early career teachers funding survey |
| Events and webinars | Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool overview |
| Events and webinars | Risk protection arrangement members only - mock trial |
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Published 22 October 2025