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Information outlining good practice in academy trust financial management and assurance.
A guide for schools opening as academies to estimate their revenue funding.
How the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) handles complaints about post 16 education and training provision
Information to help academy trusts submit their budget forecast return to the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Information for local authorities, schools and the general public about local authority education funding and expenditure plans for 2024 to 2025
Explains how selected independent training providers (ITPs) should submit financial forecasts.
Guidance for local authorities on how to complete the section 151 officer return and the schools financial value standard assurance statement for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
Funding values for colleges, training organisations and employers with an adult education budget, apprenticeship, advanced learner loan or traineeship contract for 2021 to 2022.
Explains the financial health and resource management standards schools need to confirm they have met in the schools financial value standard (SFVS).
This page helps you compare different FMS providers so your academy trust is able to choose a provider who will enable you to automate your financial returns to DfE.
Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.
How and when further education (FE) providers should submit data for the FE workforce data collection.
Sets out the rules that apply to ESFA funded adult skills fund (ASF) provision for the 2024 to 2025 funding year.
A non-mandatory audit guide for local authorities to gain assurance that institutions are administering the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund correctly.
Guidance on how to spot errors with your ILR data and how to resolve them.
The course directory contains information on courses offered by learning providers who are contracted with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
Guidance, allocations and conditions of grant for pre-16 schools funding.
This document sets out the methodology for establishing maximum amounts for advanced learner loans designated qualifications. It also confirms the maximum amounts for the funding year 2024 to 2025.
Sets out the rules for provision funded by learners through advanced learner loans.
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