ESFA Update local authorities: 12 July 2023
Published 12 July 2023
Applies to England
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1. Information: Manage your education and skills funding (MYESF) will use DfE Sign-in from 21 August 2023
Signing in to Manage your education and skills funding (MYESF) will be changing from 21 August 2023.
As a MYESF user, you will need a Department for Education (DfE) Sign-in account to continue using the service.
An email notifying you of this change will be sent to the email address linked to your IDAMs account from DfE Sign-in.
If you are a registered MYESF user and have not received an email by 14 August 2023, check your spam and junk folders or contact us using the DfE Sign-in help form.
Whilst this change will not affect the way MYESF works and what you can do once you sign in, your IDAMS roles will be known as sub-services in DfE Sign-in and will look different. To understand these role changes to sub-services, visit Help with role changes in Manage your education and skills funding (MYESF).
Also, as part of this change, you will not be able to access the apprenticeship service for providers directly from MYESF. You will need to access it using this link with your existing IDAMS log-in until it is available again via MYESF later in the year.
Get more information on DfE Sign-in.
2. Information: adult funding carry-in allocations for the 2023 to 2024 funding year
We have uploaded carry-in allocations for the 2023 to 2024 funding year to Manage your education and skills funding service.
These will include:
- ESFA funded adult education budget procured carry-in
- apprenticeship carry-in
- 16 to 18 traineeships carry-in
- 19 to 24 traineeships carry-in
We have updated our technical guidance to explain how we have calculated your allocation.
Please make sure you have access to Manage your education and skills funding so that you can view your allocation statement. You can request a new role through the Identity and Access Management Service or by asking your organisation’s super user.
Contract authorisers and/or managers will receive an email confirming when your allocation statement is available to view.
3. Information: National Tutoring Programme (NTP) year-end statement opens on Monday 4 September
All organisations that received the 2022 to 2023 NTP grant are required to complete a year-end statement, which is available from Monday 4 September.
We will email you when the form opens and provide guidance on how to complete it. You must complete the form by Friday 29 September, even if you did not use any of your NTP funding. Failure to submit your form will result in your full funding allocation being recovered by ESFA.
If you have any other queries, please contact the NTP support desk.
4. Information: support with school buying over summer
DfE’s Get help buying for schools service is available throughout the summer to support you with buying for your school. If you are planning ahead for Autumn 2024, contact our procurement experts who can support you buying goods and services for your school or MAT.
Don’t just take our word for it! In our latest Buying for schools blog post on GOV.UK, Jason Murgatroyd, Executive Head at Grangetown Primary School in Middlesbrough, shares his positive experience of using Get help buying for schools to buy catering and cleaning.