ESFA e-bulletin for schools, colleges, local authorities and other 16 to 19 providers: 15 December 2017
Published 15 December 2017
Applies to England
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1. Information: CIF Portal
Following issues earlier this week with the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) Portal, we have now extended the closing date for submissions to 4pm on Wednesday 20 December.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
2. Information: T level consultation events
A series of free to attend events have been organised for institutions to learn more about T levels. The Department for Education would like your feedback on the development of T level programmes and how they should be designed to implement the Sainsbury Panel’s recommendations.
The events will take place in the following locations and dates:
- Monday 15 January – Church House, London
- Tuesday 16 January – Mercure Darlington Kings Hotel, Darlington
- Friday 19 January – etc venue, Manchester
- Monday 22 January – Bridgwater & Taunton College, Cannington Campus, Nr Bridgwater
- Thursday 25 January – Maids Head Hotel, Norwich
- Friday 26 January – The Studio, Birmingham
You can register to attend a session by visiting the AoC registration page.
3. Information: 16 to 18 further education (FE) data and management information for local authorities
Local authorities (LAs) can now access the December 2017 release of 16 to 18 FE data and management information (MI) pivot tables on ESFA Information Exchange. The pivot tables are saved in the Document Exchange, Revenue Funding folder under the academic year 2016 to 2017. The purpose of the release is to update LAs’ overview of provision.
You can access Document Exchange by logging into ESFA Information Exchange and choosing the Document Exchange tab at the top of the page.
If you have any questions about your 16 to 18 FE data and management information (MI) pivot tables, please use our online enquiry form.
For support and guidance about the ESFA Information Exchange, please visit our support page. For support and guidance about the data and MI reports, please refer to the guidance on GOV.UK.
4. Information: schools revenue funding settlement 2018 to 2019
We will publish 2018 to 2019 local authority allocations for the dedicated schools grant (DSG), and the pupil premium by 21 December 2017.
We will also confirm the arrangements for ESG protection for academies for 2018 to 2019 by this date.