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Summary of main changes for 2024 to 2025.
Information on where schools hold money on behalf of other schools.
Instructions for where schools are only open for part of the financial year.
What responsibilities you should transfer to your academy trust as part of your school's conversion to academy status.
Funding guidance for early years initial teacher training (EYITT) providers for 2021 to 2022.
Funding guidance for early years initial teacher training (EYITT) providers for 2023 to 2024.
Information about ESFA education and skills agreements for 2022 to 2023.
An overview of the handbook.
How DfE and ESFA oversee independent training providers.
Supporting schools to manage fire risks when undertaking construction or maintenance activities involving hot works such as roof repairs
Advice and guidance on what you should do when buying, selling and leasing property.
Tools to help further education providers manage their estates.
The Research Schools Network is delivered through a partnership between the Education Endowment Foundation and the Institute for Effective Education.
From 20 August 2020, we asked employers to accept a new employer agreement to access apprenticeship funding for new apprentices and approve any account changes.
How initial teacher training (ITT) providers can offer a physics ITT course designed for engineers.
How system leaders can help schools improve how they spend their pupil premium budget.
Criteria that qualifications in the DfE-funded adult skills fund (ASF) local flexibility offer must meet.
The changes we have made to our approval principles and process for the funding year 2025 to 2026.
How you can get in touch with us if you have any questions about the principles and processes in this manual.
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