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How Department for Education (DfE) funded 16 to 19 providers can make a funding claim for these schemes
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Summary This document presents an overview of the Department for Education…
Overview This guidance raises awareness of the common post-16 funding…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
College and local authority annual accountability statements and local needs duty information for 2026 to 2027.
How to prepare and submit annual report and financial statements (accounts) to the Department for Education.
For college governors, accounting officers, chief financial officers, governance professionals and auditors.
Sets out how the Department for Education (DfE) assesses the financial health of non-college training organisations that it holds or may hold a contract with.
Guidance for sixth-form and further education colleges on preparing and submitting their College Financial Forecasting Return (CFFR) and supporting commentary.
Guidance for the FE sector in England to help them meet ‘Managing Public Money’ requirements, and other obligations resulting from reclassification.
Information on how DfE monitors post-16 data returns to ensure funding is eligible and the data used to drive funding calculations and allocations processes is robust.
A tool to help colleges compare their financial performance with others in the sector.
Financial handbook for independent training providers in receipt of funds from the Department for Education (DfE).
Information about the intervention framework for post-16 education and skills providers.
Information about financial assurance and financial management of 16 to 19 institutions, including sixth-form and further education colleges that are funded by Education and Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA).
Information outlining good practice in college corporation financial management and assurance
Letters from ESFA on the reclassification of the college sector, along with a new borrowing request form and a college interim regularity return
Guidance on the powers the Secretary of State for Education can use to intervene in further education (FE) providers.
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