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Guidance for academy trusts, external auditors and reporting accountants on preparing, auditing and submitting an academy trust's annual financial statements.
Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
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Advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.
Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.
Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2025 to 2026.
An overview of 16 to 19 education funding and how we calculate.
Guidance on 16 to 19 education and skills funding rules for the current and previous funding years.
Guidance about accessing the LRS organisational portal and latest releases. Includes the monthly headline report for national learners aged 14+.
Rules and guidance for using 16 to 19 formula funding allocated by ESFA.
Registration documents for learner registration bodies (LRB) and awarding organisations to gain access to the learning records service (LRS) portal and services.
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
Allocations for academic year 2024 to 2025 and the terms and conditions that local authorities, maintained schools and academies must follow.
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
Guides for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the learning records service and manage event data challenges.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Information about how we allocate 16 to 19 funding to institutions.
Information to help local authorities complete and submit their APT for 2025 to 2026.
Information for local authorities, schools and the general public about local authority education funding and expenditure plans for 2024 to 2025
Information for academies about how to claim for national non-domestic rates (NNDR).
Details of the funding system used for apprenticeship frameworks and standards from 1 May 2017.
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