Briefing about the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s assurance work relating to the financial management and governance of the academies sector in 2019 to 2020.

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Common themes arising from ESFA’s assurance work in 2019 to 2020

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Common themes arising from ESFA’s assurance work in 2018 to 2019

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Common themes arising from ESFA’s assurance work in 2017 to 2018

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Briefings for academy trust accounting officers, finance staff and trustees. Auditors of academy trust accounts may also find it helpful.

ESFA is responsible for providing assurance in respect of the financial management and governance of the academies sector. These briefings outline the outcomes of the programmes of work carried out in 2019 to 2020, 2018 to 2019, and 2017 to 2018, in order to help develop an assurance opinion on the academies sector.

Publishing these briefings aims to highlight common themes to enable the sector to improve the quality of its financial management and governance.

Published 4 March 2019
Last updated 15 September 2020 + show all updates

  1. Added ‘Common themes arising from ESFA’s assurance work in 2019 to 2020’ HTML attachment.

  2. Added briefing report for 2018 to 2019.

  3. First published.