Correspondence

ESFA Update local authorities: 29 August 2018

Published 29 August 2018

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1. Action: dedicated schools grant (DSG) chief finance officer (CFO) statement of assurance and notes to the accounts 2017 to 2018

The deadline for local authorities to submit their DSG CFO statement of assurance and notes to accounts for 2017 to 2018 is Friday 14 September.

We have published guidance on how to complete the statement of assurance and notes to the accounts.

Local authorities must submit their returns to Document Exchange via Information Exchange. If you have any questions about this collection, please email us.

2. Reminder: keeping children safe in education - guidance update

DfE has updated the keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) guidance to reflect the recently revised working together to safeguard children guidance. In particular the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the revised multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

This is a reminder that KCSIE 2018 will replace KCSIE 2016 from Monday, 3 September 2018.