DfE Update academies: 3 December 2025
Published 3 December 2025
Applies to England
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1. Action: Post-16 monitoring dashboard now live
Use the post-16 monitoring reports dashboard for academic year 2025 to 2026 to check your data.
The dashboard supports financial assurance: monitoring post-16 funding for 2025 to 2026 and identifies potential data quality and funding errors. Review these throughout the year to ensure your data and funding is accurate.
This first release includes R03 data to help you review your R04 data submission on or before Thursday 4 December 2025.
Make sure the data driving 16 to 19 in-year processes such as exceptional in-year growth and T level reconciliation is complete and accurate.
We will use this data, and any funding claims you submit, to assure ourselves that your delivery meets our funding rules and key policy objectives.
Some errors may result in a funding recovery if they are not corrected by the close of the R14 individualised learner record data return for 2025 to 2026 which is Thursday 22 October 2026.
2. Reminder: Get involved with user research to help shape the future of how you interact with DfE services, information, and guidance
We are developing an online service to bring together DfE tools, guidance and services in one place. This aims to make it easier for you to find and access what you need, when you need it.
We are inviting school business managers and school and trust leaders to tell us about your experiences of interacting with the department. We will also ask for your feedback on new designs for the service.
Your feedback will help us to ensure that what we develop meets your needs.
If your role involves funding, finance, estates, procurement, completing statutory returns, or HR, sign up to take part. Or if you know someone who might be interested, encourage them to get involved.
3. Events and webinars: Automating your accounts return
Thursday 4 December 2025, at 1pm to 2pm. Register on Eventbrite.
4. Events and webinars: Automating your accounts return
Tuesday 9 December 2025, at 10am to 11am. Register on Eventbrite.
5. Events and webinars: Automating your accounts return
Wednesday 17 December 2025, at 1pm to 2pm. Register on Eventbrite.