Correspondence

ESFA Update academies: 12 December 2018

Published 12 December 2018

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This has been withdrawn as it’s out of date. Find the latest information from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in the latest ESFA Update.

Applies to England

1. Action: school workforce census 2018

The submission deadline for the school workforce census was Friday 7 December 2018.

Please submit your return now if you have not done so.

If you are unsure of how to submit your return after loading it, please use the COLLECT guide.

Please use the service request form if you have any questions about your data.

2. Reminder: academies financial returns

The deadline to submit your trust’s financial statements using the accounts submission coversheet is Monday 31 December 2018. We have published guidance to help with your submission.

The deadline for your external auditors to submit your trust’s accounts return is Monday 21 January 2019. If you have not already completed the external auditors’ details section, please do as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please use the ESFA enquiry form. Please put either “financial statements” or “accounts return” at the top of your enquiry and provide your trust’s company number.

3. Information: funding for academic year 2019 to 2020 for students and learners aged over 16

We have written to post-16 institutions explaining funding for the academic year 2019 to 2020.

Each year ESFA writes to 16 to 19 institutions to provide information on the funding of education and training for young people for the next academic year.

In November 2018, ESFA brought together separate 16 to 19 and 19+ allocations, funding and contracting teams within the further education (FE) directorate into a new post-16 funding centre. Therefore, this year there is a single letter with 2 annexes containing details for the 2 different funding streams.

4. Information: updated pupil premium allocations for 2018 to 2019

We have published updated pupil premium allocations. This update reflects the third of four payment instalments due in 2018 to 2019.

5. Information: T Levels action plan

The Department for Education (DfE) has published an update to its T Level action plan, detailing how the department is reforming technical education and developing the T Level qualifications for post-16 students.

ESFA has updated the list of providers selected to deliver T Levels in academic year 2020 to 2021 to show the pathway(s) they are planning to deliver.