Provide information about your banking and payments to DfE
Digital form for organisations and individuals to notify the Department for Education (DfE) of their bank account and payment details.
Local authorities, academy trusts, academies and schools
As a local authority, academy trust, academy or school, you must use DfE Sign-in to make changes to your banking and payment details.
If you do not already have one, create a DfE Sign-in account.
This registration form will guide you through how to provide banking and payment information required by DfE and associated bodies.
Use this form if you are:
- an education or training provider such as a college, university, commercial or voluntary training organisation
- a social care or childcare provider
- a proposed free school, due to open shortly
- a supplier of goods and services to the department (or associated bodies)
- an individual eligible to claim for reimbursement of expenses from DfE (or associated bodies)
Use this form to tell us about:
- bank account and payment details
- changes to bank account and payment details
- changes to other information, for example, a remittance address or company address
How long it takes to complete requests
Changes to your bank details are subject to a verification process. We may contact you or your colleagues if further evidence is required.
Setting up new accounts or amending existing records takes on average 4 working days.
In peak busy periods, it may take 10 working days or more to complete requests.
If we need any additional information from you, this may cause delays.
Contact
For queries about DfE Sign-in, contact the DfE Sign team.
For queries about submitting your form, email dfe.standingdata@education.gov.uk. The standing data team does not deal with payments and has no access to information relating to these.
For queries about traineeship or apprenticeship employer incentives payments, email helpdesk@manage-apprenticeships.service.gov.uk.
For other payment queries, email dfe.programmepayments@education.gov.uk.
For queries about invoices or grants, email AccountsPayable.DFEFINANCE@education.gov.uk.
Updates to this page
Last updated 12 April 2024 + show all updates
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Added information about the new DfE Sign-in process for local authorities, academies, trusts and schools to make changes to their banking and payment details. Updated information about how long it takes to complete requests on average.
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Updated the current average (mean) time for dealing with requests. Added the contact details for queries about payment.
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Updated to include information on average timescales for requests to be processed.
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First published.