Guidance

EFA e-bulletin for schools, colleges and other 16 to 19 providers: 6 February 2014

Published 11 March 2014

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1. Information: January student number statements

EFA sent out student number statements to most schools and academies with sixth forms in week commencing 27 January.

The statements include the student numbers and funding factors that will be applied in calculating their 16 to 19 allocations.

Any exceptional cases for changes in any of the factors will need to be returned to EFA by 14 February. This is the next step in calculating 16 to 19 allocations for institutions by the end of March.

Any queries should be sent to:

EFA questions

For schools, local authorities, other education institutions and providers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisers with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - northern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in north west, north east and Yorkshire and the Humber with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - central and south west territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south west, west midlands and east midlands with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - southern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south east, east of England and London with queries for the Education Funding Agency

2. Information: notifying changes to contractual basis for EFA funded provision

Some independent specialist providers (ISPs) may have transferred some students to other EFA funded institutions and are now making provision for these students on a subcontracted basis. Because of the impact this could have on transitional protection arrangements, EFA will be writing to all ISPs to request details of any such changes.

If any ISP thinks this could affect them they should make contact with their EFA territory service delivery team through the territory mailboxes below:

16 to 19 providers - northern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in north west, north east and Yorkshire and the Humber with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - central and south west territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south west, west midlands and east midlands with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - southern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south east, east of England and London with queries for the Education Funding Agency

3. Action: traineeship survey on delivery intentions for 2014 to 2015

EFA is asking eligible providers to complete a short survey on their delivery intentions for traineeships in the 2014 to 2015 academic year.

The responses will enable EFA to gauge the level of planned activity for this programme from within your EFA allocation. Please complete this survey by 19 February.

4. Information: sharing of lagged 16 to 18 student numbers with local authorities

There have been delays this year in collecting the student numbers enrolled for the current academic year in colleges and other further education providers.

This has been caused by teething problems with a new data collection system. It means that EFA will not have reliable numbers on which to base funding allocations for these providers until the end of February.

Normally at this time of year EFA shares with local authorities the lagged 16 to 18 student numbers for their maintained schools and those for all other providers we fund in their area.

Because of the delays EFA will only be able to share with local authorities now, the lagged student numbers for their maintained schools. EFA will share with them the information on all providers in their area in March.

5. Information: capital allocations 2014 to 2015

The Department for Education has announced the school capital maintenance and Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) allocations for 2014 to 2015 financial year.

£1.2 billion has been made available in 2014 to 2015 to maintain and improve the condition of school buildings across the country.

A further £200 million of capital funding for 2014 to 2015 will be given directly to schools and academies as DFC.

Further information on the 2014 to 2015 maintenance and DFC allocations together with a technical note explaining how the allocations were calculated can be found on GOV.UK.

The announcement includes an allocation of £442 million for the 2014 to 2015 Academies Capital Maintenance Fund and £58 million for sixth form colleges 2014 to 2015 Building Condition Improvement Fund.

6. Action: asbestos management in schools – call for evidence

The Department for Education is reviewing its policy on asbestos management in schools and wants to hear opinions and ideas from anyone with an interest in this important subject.

In particular, it would like to hear from those that are involved in the day-to-day management of asbestos in schools, about their experiences and how they think DfE can support schools to fulfill their responsibilities.

Details of the call for evidence and how to respond can be found at ‘asbestos management in schools: DfE policy review - consultations’ on GOV.UK.

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