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ESFA functions to move to the Department for Education

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ESFA set to close in March 2025, bringing the functions into the Department for Education to ensure financial improvement is central to school improvement.

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ESFA annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024

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Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA’s) annual report and accounts for 2023 to 2024.

Education and Skills Funding Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024

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Our weekly newsletter containing actions and information for ESFA-funded organisations.

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View key dates and links to online guidance and services for further education providers.

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What we do

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) responsible for funding education and skills providers in England.

ESFA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education.

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Our management

David Withey
Chief Executive, Education and Skills Funding Agency
Gemma Peck
Director, Funding Directorate, ESFA
Andrew Thomas
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Corporate, Assurance and Restructuring Directorate
Martin Spencer
Management Board chair, ESFA
Paul Woodgates
ESFA Management Board member, ESFA Audit and Risk Committee member
Harjit Sandhu
ESFA Management Board member, ESFA Audit and Risk Committee chair
Peter Kane
ESFA Management Board member, ESFA Audit and Risk Committee member

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General enquiries

Ministerial and Public Communications Division Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
United Kingdom

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Subject access requests and other information rights requests

Contact: Subject access requests and other information rights requests

Our Personal Information Charter details what data Department for Education (DfE) and Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) holds about you, how to request a copy of your personal information and how to tell us if you think the information we hold about you is wrong.

You must contact your education or childcare providers directly to request personal information collected by schools and other education establishments.

You can obtain contact details for schools from Get Information About Schools.

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  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

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Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
United Kingdom

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