ESFA Update: 29 August 2018

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

Documents

ESFA Update further education: 29 August 2018

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ESFA Update academies: 29 August 2018

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ESFA Update local authorities: 29 August 2018

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Details

Items for further education

Action	submission of external assurance on subcontracting controls certificates by providers and employer-providers who deliver adult provision, including apprenticeships and traineeships
Action	personal data in qualification queries
Information	Individualised Learner Record (ILR) – R14 hard close
Information	financial assurance – monitoring the funding rules 2018 to 2019
Information	external reports for funding rules monitoring and qualification achievement rates
Reminder	keeping children safe in education – guidance update

Items for academies

Reminder

keeping children safe in education – guidance update

Items for local authorities

Action	dedicated schools grant (DSG) chief finance officer (CFO) statement of assurance and notes to the accounts 2017 to 2018
Reminder	keeping children safe in education – guidance update

Published 29 August 2018

Topics

• Further education funding
• School and academy financial management and assurance
• School and academy funding

Collections

• ESFA: update

Guidance and regulation

1. Apprenticeship funding bands
   • Guidance
2. Overseas degree equivalency: table and methodology
   • Guidance
3. 16 to 19 education: financial support for students
   • Detailed guide