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ESFA Update local authorities: 13 April 2022

Published 13 April 2022

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1. Reminder: local authority maintained schools to check the status of their business rates payment process   

From 1 April 2022, ESFA will centrally pay the business rates for those local authority maintained schools whose billing authority is implementing the new national non-domestic rates (NNDR) payment process. This means local authority maintained schools in those areas should not pay the 2022 to 2023 business rates bill to the billing authority.    

You can check the NNDR payment process your billing authority is implementing. We recommend you check this before making payment to avoid any confusion and duplicate payments. 

If your billing authority is continuing with the existing NNDR payment arrangements, local authority maintained schools should continue to pay the rates bill for 2022 to 2023 as per the previous year’s arrangements.   

2. Information: T Levels funding guidance for 2022 to 2023

We have published funding guidance for T Levels for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.  

Updates on this page include:

  • new increased funding rates  

  • tolerance rate for T Levels for 2022 to 2023 has reduced to 20%  

  • maths and English requirements   

  • information on additional hours, including what they should be used for  

  • what T Level courses are available for funding  

  • updates on programme cost weightings  

If you have any questions after reading our guidance, please contact us using our online enquiry form.  

3. Information: Take Five’s Art of Impersonation fraud campaign

We are supporting @TakeFive’s #TheArtOfImpersonation campaign.

Criminals pretend to be people and organisations we know, to gain our trust and ask for payments or personal info.

Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.

Find out more information on the Take Five website.

4. Information: ESFA adult education (AEB) funding rules 2022 to 2023

We have published the draft ESFA adult education (AEB) funding rules 2022 to 2023 in the new HMTL format which is more accessible to readers.

The rules apply to all providers of education and training who receive AEB funding from the ESFA.

A full breakdown of the changes is included in the What’s New section of the rules.

  • continuing learners information has been updated to highlight who is eligible for ESFA funding

  • we have updated the information box in the Staying on the Register of Training Organisations section

  • The National Skills Fund – level 3 adult offer is now referred to as the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Offer

  • community learning section now includes a paragraph which emphasises the importance of learners progressing to new and more stretching provision, and includes clarification of claiming learning and learner support

The performance management section will be added in version 1 which is due to be published in May.

If you have any feedback on the draft 2022 to 2023 AEB funding rules, please contact us through our enquiry form.

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