Coronavirus (COVID-19) summer schools programme funding: claim form guidance
Updated 13 September 2021
Applies to England
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1. Introduction
This guidance will help you complete the summer schools claim form. This form follows on from the summer schools expression of interest form and confirmation form.
If you planned to deliver a summer school, but it did not take place, you should complete the relevant information within this form.
Any institution who did not complete form 1 or 2, but who held a summer school should continue to complete this form if they were eligible and have an allocation. However, because the confirmation form was not completed by the end of summer term, funding is not assured or guaranteed. We’ll confirm whether this funding will be available at a later date.
This form will allow you to claim funding. It will ask you to confirm that your summer school took place in accordance with this guidance and conditions of funding.
You will need to provide information about the pupils who took part, the activities offered and how your summer school was staffed.
You can claim funding for any summer school places you delivered for your school or on behalf of other schools that did not run their own summer school. This guidance document also provides instructions for claiming unrecoverable costs.
Payment will be awarded based on actual costs incurred, up to the value of your maximum allocation.
Where two or more schools collaborated to deliver a summer school, this form should be completed by the lead school.
Funding for summer school places will only be allocated to the lead or delivering school.
These instructions are for:
- mainstream academies and maintained schools with secondary age pupils
- alternative provision academies with secondary age pupils
- pupil referral units with secondary age pupils
- special academies and special maintained schools with secondary age pupils
This guidance is also for providers with alternative provision pupils whose education was funded by the local authority outside of state place funded schools, including:
- non-maintained special schools with secondary age pupils
- independent special schools with secondary age pupils placed there by local authorities
The form can only be submitted by eligible schools with a an allocation.
You can find more information in the summer schools guidance.
2. When to claim
The deadline to complete the summer schools claim form is 23:59 on 1 October 2021.
3. Accessing the claim form
Access the summer schools claim form to claim funding for your summer school as part of the 2021 summer school programme.
3.1 Before you start
Before you start the claim form process, please ensure that you:
- read the accompanying published guidance
- have a DfE Sign-in account
- are an eligible institution
- have the name, address, and 6-digit Unique Reference Number (URN) of any other schools you delivered a summer school for
- you can find URNs on get information about schools
- have the number of places you delivered
- this will include the different number of pupils invited on each day of your summer school
- information regarding pupils who were invited and attended
- the activities offered
- how your summer school was staffed and when it took place
- any additional costs incurred from running the summer school and any costs you received from parents or carers
3.2 Accessing the form:
Log in to your DfE Sign-in account:
- Access the summer schools claim form.
- Log in to DfE Sign-in using your account information (username and password).
- Choose the organisation for which you are completing the form.
- The next page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you logged in. This will show the name, address, and URN or UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN) of the organisation, as well as the name and email address of the person who logged in via DfE Sign-in.
- If these details are correct, select ‘Continue’ to move to the next page.
- If you believe they’re incorrect then please complete the ESFA enquiry form.
- Complete the form as instructed in the following sections.
- School level journey only: to access the form for another organisation, sign out and follow steps 1 to 4 again.
Your account must be connected to the organisation you’re claiming for.
You do not need to add any services in DfE Sign-in. It’s used for authentication only and the form will not appear in your list of services.
3.3 If you do not have a DfE Sign-in account
You’ll need to create one:
- Access DfE Sign-in.
- Select the ‘Create account’ button.
- Enter your name and email address (please use your work email address or one that is clearly associated with your organisation).
- We’ll send you an email to verify your email address. Copy the code from this email and paste it into the box on the verification page.
- Create a memorable password of 12 characters or more (we recommend joining 3 or more familiar words).
- Sign in using your new credentials and request access to the organisation for which you’d like to submit a claim.
Once your request to access an organisation has been approved, you can follow the steps outlined in accessing the form to complete the form.
You might have noticed the term ‘approver’ when creating your account. An approver is someone at your organisation responsible for controlling who has access to DfE Sign-in and the services within the system. It’s usually a senior person, such as an administrator or manager.
For security reasons you’ll need the approval of one of your organisation’s approvers before you can access the form.
3.4 If you need further assistance
If you’re having problems using the DfE Sign-in service, use our DfE Sign-in help service.
You’ll be able to request further assistance if required. When raising a support request, please select ‘other’.
If you believe you’re eligible to claim but have problems accessing the form, please contact us.
4. Completing the claim form
There is no save facility on the form so make sure you have all the information ready before starting the confirmation process. If your form is open for an extended period, you may lose any information entered up to that point and will need to log in and re-enter this information again.
The form allows you to claim funding for the summer school you delivered, or for which you incurred unrecoverable costs.
If you provided places for other schools, you should confirm the details of those schools.
You can view the maximum funding available for each eligible secondary school in England or find more information in the summer schools guidance.
You’ll also be advised what will happen next once you have submitted the form. Clicking ‘continue’ on each page will take you through the form.
5. If you delivered a summer school and did not collaborate with any additional schools
5.1 Your details
This page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you logged into DfE Sign-in.
5.2 Your summer school
You’ll be asked if your summer school took place, and you should answer ‘yes’.
Next, you’ll be asked if you delivered a summer school on behalf of another school in addition to your own. This question is not asking about feeder primaries.
If you did not collaborate with another eligible school you should select ‘no’.
You’ll then be taken to the duration page.
5.3 Duration page
You need to provide the total duration, in days, of the summer school.
You’ll then be asked to provide the dates your summer school took place.
5.4 Places offered and delivered
You’ll be presented with a table and will be asked to enter how many pupils in each incoming year group, for the academic year 2021 to 2022, you invited to attend your summer school.
You should enter the total number invited, regardless of whether those pupils attended or not.
You should enter ‘0’ if no pupils were invited for an academic year group.
The information needs to be broken down into ‘pupils not eligible for pupil premium who were invited’ and ‘pupils eligible for pupil premium who were invited’.
A row has been included for ‘other’. If you choose to enter a figure in this row you will be asked to provide brief details of what this refers to.
Example 1
| Incoming year group for the academic year 2021 to 2022 | Pupils not eligible for pupil premium who were invited | Pupils eligible for pupil premium who were invited |
|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 35 | 20 |
| Year 7 | 40 | 25 |
| Year 8 | 10 | 15 |
| Year 9 | 20 | 10 |
| Year 10 | 15 | 5 |
| Year 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 13 | 22 | 4 |
| Other | 10 | 5 |
| Subtotal | 152 | 84 |
| Total | 236 |
Next, you’ll be asked how many pupils in each incoming year group, for the academic year 2021 to 2022, actually attended your summer school for at least one day.
You should enter a ‘0’ if no pupils attended for an academic year group.
The information needs to be broken down into ‘pupils not eligible for pupil premium who attended’ and ‘pupils eligible for pupil premium who attended’.
A row has been included for ‘other’. If you choose to enter a figure in this row you’ll be asked to provide brief details of what this refers to.
Example 2
| Incoming year group for the academic year 2021 to 2022 | Pupils not eligible for pupil premium who attended | Pupils eligible for pupil premium who attended |
|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 25 | 20 |
| Year 7 | 39 | 23 |
| Year 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Year 9 | 18 | 10 |
| Year 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Year 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 13 | 20 | 2 |
| Other | 8 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 130 | 75 |
| Total | 205 |
The total number attended should not be more than the total number invited.
5.5 Pupil numbers
You’ll be asked to confirm how many pupils attended each day.
If you’re a mainstream school with a special unit, you’ll need to confirm the number of pupils in mainstream education and the number of pupils who attract the special educational needs (SEN) and alternative provision (AP) uplift.
For all other institutions you’ll only need to enter the total number of pupils who attended on each day.
Example 3
A mainstream school without a special unit confirms how many pupils attended on each day during their 7-day summer school, which they delivered without collaborating with any other schools.
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 55 |
| Day 2 | 55 |
| Day 3 | 55 |
| Day 4 | 60 |
| Day 5 | 60 |
| Day 6 | 60 |
| Day 7 | 60 |
Example 4
A mainstream school with a special unit confirms how many pupils attended on each day during their 10-day summer school, which they delivered without collaborating with any other schools.
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 70 |
| Day 2 | 70 |
| Day 3 | 70 |
| Day 4 | 70 |
| Day 5 | 70 |
| Day 6 | 75 |
| Day 7 | 75 |
| Day 8 | 75 |
| Day 9 | 75 |
| Day 10 | 75 |
| Day | special unit |
| Day 1 | 10 |
| Day 2 | 10 |
| Day 3 | 10 |
| Day 4 | 10 |
| Day 5 | 10 |
| Day 6 | 15 |
| Day 7 | 15 |
| Day 8 | 15 |
| Day 9 | 15 |
| Day 10 | 15 |
5.6 Costs incurred
You’ll be asked the total cost of your summer school, including any additional funding spent beyond your maximum allocation.
Then you’ll be asked if you received any funding from parents and carers for any element of the summer school.
If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll be asked to provide:
- the total amount of funding you received from parents and carers, in pounds
- from which group(s) of pupils you received funding, if not all (eg pupils not eligible for pupil premium)
- what elements of your summer school have you received funding for (eg food, additional activities)
You’ll be asked if you used any further additional sources of funding to supplement your summer school.
If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll need to tell us the amount of additional funding you used in pounds. Then you’ll be asked what the additional sources of funding you used were. You’ll be presented with a list, and you should tick all which apply. You should not include any funding received from parents and carers.
Next, you’ll be asked what is the total amount of Department for Education summer school funding that you are claiming for. You should exclude any aspect of the summer school for which you received funding from parents and carers or from any additional funding sources. You should, however, include any unrecoverable costs.
Additional sources of funding should not exceed or equal the total amount you are claiming for.
Then you’ll be asked how much of the total cost of your summer school was an unrecoverable cost, if any.
Unrecoverable costs may have been incurred where, for example, a pupil was offered a place but did not attend at very short notice, or where you needed to pay non-refundable deposits for third-party services or equipment. You’ll be asked to briefly explain what the unrecoverable costs were for.
If you have not incurred unrecoverable costs, you should enter a ‘0’.
5.7 Your summer school programme
The next page asks you to provide details of your summer school programme.
You’ll be presented with a list of activities and you should tick all that apply to your summer school:
- transitional activities (such as meeting teachers or a tour of the school)
- additional subject support (such as English and maths)
- sports-based activities, such as team games
- arts-based activities, such as drama and visiting the theatre
- wellbeing-based activities (such as team building or ‘getting to know you’ exercises)
- trips
- other enrichment or pastoral activities
If you select ‘other’ you’ll need to briefly explain what other enrichment or pastoral activities, you provided.
Then you’ll be asked how you staffed your summer school and asked to tick all that apply from the following list:
- qualified teaching staff from your school
- qualified teaching staff from elsewhere, such as an agency or another school
- teaching assistants from your school
- teaching assistants from elsewhere, such as an agency or another school
- support staff, for example pastoral or SEND support staff
- administrative, site or catering staff
- external providers
- parents and carers of pupils
- other volunteers, such as mature students
- other
If you select ‘other’ you’ll need to explain what other ways you staffed your summer school.
In accordance with the conditions of funding, you’ll need to provide the website address where, by the end of October 2021, you’ll publish brief details about your summer school, including the amount of summer school funding received and a high-level breakdown of how it was spent.
You should enter the website address in the text box. You can copy and paste this from the address bar on your webpage. It can either be a new or standalone webpage.
5.8 Feedback for the department
You’ll be asked “what, if anything, could DfE have done differently to improve the summer school’s policy or support for the programme?”. You should use the text box to input your answer.
Then you’ll be asked if your school would have delivered a summer school for pupils without funding from the department’s summer schools programme.
We also ask, “in future would you deliver a summer school using existing school funding sources?”, for example pupil premium. Your response to this question will not impact your claim.
You’re then asked to confirm if in previous years, did your school have existing transition support in place for pupils joining your school (eg opportunities for pupils to build relationships with their peers and teachers and familiarise themselves with their new school environment and activities designed to support pupils in their transition to the next phase of education). If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll need to briefly outline the transitional support in place for pupils moving into year 7.
Next, you are asked how you heard about the 2021 summer schools programme.
5.9 Check your answers
You’ll then be asked to check all your answers before submitting your claim.
Summer school places delivered summary
You’ll be presented with the information you’ve entered for your school along with the total number of places you delivered for all summer school days.
Pupil summary
You’ll be presented with the information you entered. Please check your answers before submitting your claim form. If you’d like to change any answers, use the ‘change’ links provided.
5.10 Declarations
We’ll then ask you to make a declaration to confirm:
- the summer school was delivered in accordance with the guidance and conditions of funding for schools and local authorities
- the funding was used for the purpose for which it was provided, according to the conditions of funding
- that a blend of academic and enrichment activity was provided
- that the following evidence has been retained and will be provided in the event of a compliance spot check or audit:
- daily attendance registers and reasons for non-attendance
- receipted records of summer school costs including any unrecoverable costs
- you’ll publish a statement by the end of October 2021 which provides brief details about our summer school, including the amount of funding received and a breakdown of how it was spent
- that you have the authority to make this submission on behalf of my school and that all the information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge
You’ll not be able to submit your confirmation without completing these declarations. Then select the ‘accept and send’ button.
You’ll see a message confirming that your claim has been submitted.
5.11 Confirmation
The final page confirms you have submitted a claim for the 2021 summer school programme you delivered and will give you a unique reference number for your submission.
You’ll receive an email which includes your claim reference, a PDF of your submission and details of what happens next.
5.12 Amending your submission
If you have submitted a form already you cannot amend it online. However, you can submit another form; we will take details from that and disregard previous versions submitted.
6. If you delivered a summer school on behalf of another school in addition to your own
6.1 Your details
This page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you logged into DfE Sign-in.
6.2 Your summer school
You’ll be asked if your summer school took place.
Once you answer yes you will be asked if you delivered a summer school on behalf of another school in addition to your own. You should only select ‘yes’ if you delivered a summer school on behalf of another eligible school. This question is not asking about feeder primaries.
Next, you’ll be taken to the collaboration details page.
6.3 Collaboration details
If you did not previously confirm you’d be hosting a summer school in collaboration with other schools a warning message will be displayed. This will advise you that as this additional funding was not requested via the ‘confirm your arrangements for your summer schools form’, funding is not assured. You should continue to complete the form, and this will be reviewed.
If you completed collaboration details in your ‘confirm your arrangements for your summer schools form’ submission, the name and unique reference numbers (URN) of schools you were collaborating with will be displayed on the screen. You should check this information is correct.
You’ll be asked to confirm if the collaboration details displayed on screen are correct. If correct you should select ‘yes’ and you’ll progress to the duration page. If they are not correct you should select ‘no’.
By selecting no you’ll then be asked to enter the URN for each school(s) you delivered a summer school for. We already have your school’s details, so you only need to add the schools you hosted.
You’ll then be taken to the duration page.
6.4 Duration page
You need to provide the total number of days’ the summer school ran for.
You’ll then be asked to provide the dates your summer school took place over.
6.5 Places offered and delivered
You’ll be presented with a table and will be asked to enter how many pupils in each incoming year group, for the academic year 2021 to 2022, you invited to attend your summer school. Enter the total number invited, regardless of whether those pupils attended or not.
As the ‘lead’ school for other ‘guest’ schools you should only enter the number of pupils at the lead school in this section and do not include pupils for schools you collaborated with.
You should enter ‘0’ if no pupils were invited for an academic year group.
The information needs to be broken down into ‘pupils not eligible for pupil premium who were invited’ and ‘pupils eligible for pupil premium who were invited’
A row has been included for ‘other’. If you choose to enter a figure in this row you will be asked to provide brief details of what this refers to.
So, for example,
| Incoming year group for the academic year 2021 to 2022 | Pupils not eligible for pupil premium who were invited | Pupils eligible for pupil premium who were invited |
|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 35 | 20 |
| Year 7 | 40 | 25 |
| Year 8 | 10 | 15 |
| Year 9 | 20 | 10 |
| Year 10 | 15 | 5 |
| Year 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 13 | 22 | 4 |
| Other | 10 | 5 |
| Subtotal | 152 | 84 |
| Total | 236 |
Next, you’ll be asked how many pupils in each incoming year group, for the academic year 2021 to 2022 attended your summer school for at least one day.
You should enter ‘0’ if no pupils attended for an academic year group.
The information needs to be broken down into ‘pupils not eligible for pupil premium who attended’ and ‘pupils eligible for pupil premium who attended’
A row has been included for ‘other’ if you choose to enter a figure in this row you will be asked to provide brief details of what this refers to.
Example 5
| Incoming year group for the academic year 2021 to 2022 | Pupils not eligible for pupil premium who attended | Pupils eligible for pupil premium who attended |
|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 25 | 20 |
| Year 7 | 39 | 23 |
| Year 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Year 9 | 18 | 10 |
| Year 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Year 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 13 | 20 | 2 |
| Other | 8 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 130 | 75 |
| Total | 205 |
The total number attended should not be more than the total number invited.
6.6 Pupil numbers
Next, you’ll be asked to confirm how many pupils attended each day.
If you collaborated with other schools you should provide information for your school first, then provide information for all other guest schools.
If you’re a mainstream school with a special unit, you’ll need to confirm the number of pupils in mainstream education and the number of pupils who attract the special educational needs (SEN) and alternative provision (AP) uplift.
For all other institutions you’ll only need to enter the total number of pupils who attended on each day.
Example 6
A mainstream school without a special unit confirming how many pupil places it delivered during its 7-day summer school and who also collaborated with one other additional school without a special unit.
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 65 |
| Day 2 | 65 |
| Day 3 | 65 |
| Day 4 | 65 |
| Day 5 | 65 |
| Day 6 | 65 |
| Day 7 | 65 |
You’ll then need to input information for the additional guest school you collaborated with:
Additional guest school 1: URN 223344
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 22 |
| Day 2 | 22 |
| Day 3 | 25 |
| Day 4 | 25 |
| Day 5 | 25 |
| Day 6 | 22 |
| Day 7 | 22 |
Example 7
A mainstream school with a special unit confirming how many pupil places it delivered during its 5-day summer school and who also collaborated with two additional schools.
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 35 |
| Day 2 | 35 |
| Day 3 | 35 |
| Day 4 | 35 |
| Day 5 | 35 |
| Day | Special unit |
| Day 1 | 5 |
| Day 2 | 5 |
| Day 3 | 5 |
| Day 4 | 5 |
| Day 5 | 5 |
You’ll then need to enter information for each additional guest school you collaborated with:
Additional guest school 1: URN 123456
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 22 |
| Day 2 | 22 |
| Day 3 | 22 |
| Day 4 | 20 |
| Day 5 | 20 |
| Day | Special unit |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 1 |
| Day 2 | 1 |
| Day 3 | 1 |
| Day 4 | 1 |
| Day 5 | 1 |
Additional guest school 2: URN 456789
| Day | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | 12 |
| Day 2 | 12 |
| Day 3 | 15 |
| Day 4 | 15 |
| Day 5 | 15 |
6.7 Costs incurred
Next, you’ll be asked what the overall, total cost of your summer school, including any additional funding spent beyond your maximum allocation.
Then you’ll be asked if you received any funding from parents and carers for any element of the summer school.
If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll be asked to provide:
- the amount of funding you received from parents and carers, in pounds
- from which group(s) of pupils you received funding, if not all (eg pupils not eligible for pupil premium)
- what elements of your summer school have you received funding for (eg food, additional activities)
You’ll also be asked if you used any further additional sources of funding to supplement your summer school.
If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll need to tell us the amount of additional funding you used in pounds. Then you’ll be asked what the additional sources of funding you used were. You’ll be presented with a list, and you should tick all that apply. You should not include any funding received from parents and carers.
Next, you’ll be asked “what is the total amount of DfE summer school funding that you are claiming for?”. You should exclude any aspect of the summer school for which you received funding from parents and carers or from any additional funding sources. You should, however, include any unrecoverable costs.
Additional sources of funding should not exceed the total amount you are claiming for.
You’ll be asked how much of the total cost of your summer school was an unrecoverable cost, if any.
Unrecoverable costs may have been incurred where, for example, a pupil was offered a place but did not attend at very short notice, or where you needed to pay non-refundable deposits for third-party services, equipment etc.
You’ll need to briefly explain what the unrecoverable costs were for.
If you have not incurred unrecoverable costs, you should enter ‘0’.
6.8 Your summer school programme
The next page asks you to provide details of your summer school programme.
You’ll be presented with a list of activities, and you should tick all that apply to your summer school:
- transitional activities (such as meeting teachers or a tour of the school)
- additional subject support (such as English and maths)
- sports-based activities, such as team games
- arts-based activities, such as drama and visiting the theatre
- wellbeing-based activities (such as team building or ‘getting-to-know-you’ exercises)
- trips
- other enrichment or pastoral activities
If you select ‘other’ you will be asked to briefly explain what other enrichment or pastoral activities, you provided.
Then you’ll be asked how you staffed your summer school and from the following list you should tick all that apply:
- qualified teaching staff from your school
- qualified teaching staff from elsewhere, such as an agency or another school
- teaching assistants from your school
- teaching assistants from elsewhere, such as an agency or another school
- support staff, for example pastoral or SEND support staff
- administrative, site or catering staff
- external providers
- parents and carers of pupils
- other volunteers, such as mature students
- other
If you select ‘other’ you’ll be asked to briefly explain what other ways you staffed your summer school.
Then in accordance with the conditions of funding, you will be asked to provide the website address where, by the end of October 2021, you’ll publish brief details about your summer school, including the amount of summer school funding received and a high-level breakdown of how it was spent.
You should enter the website address in the text box. You can copy and paste this from the address bar on your webpage. It can either be a new or standalone webpage.
6.9 Feedback for the department
Next, you’ll be asked “what, if anything, could DfE have done differently to improve the summer school’s policy or support for the programme?”. You should use the text box to input your answer.
Then you’ll be asked if your school would have delivered a summer school for pupils without funding from the department’s summer schools programme.
We also ask if in future, you would deliver a summer school using existing school funding sources, for example pupil premium. Your response to this question will not affect your claim.
You are then asked to confirm if in previous years, did your school have existing transition support in place for pupils joining your school (for example, opportunities for pupils to build relationships with their peers and teachers and familiarise themselves with their new school environment and activities designed to support pupils in their transition to the next phase of education). If you answer ‘yes’, you’ll need to briefly outline the transitional support in place for pupils moving into year 7.
Next, you are asked how you heard about the 2021 summer schools programme.
6.10 Check your answers
You’ll then be asked to check all your answers before submitting your claim.
Summer school places delivered summary
You’ll be presented with the information you’ve entered for your school along with the total number of places you delivered for all summer school days.
Pupil summary
You’ll be presented with the information you entered. Please check your answers before submitting your claim form. If you’d like to change any answers, use the ‘change’ links provided.
6.11 Declarations
We’ll then ask you to make a declaration to confirm:
- the summer school was delivered in accordance with the guidance and conditions of funding for schools and local authorities
- the funding was used for the purpose for which it was provided, according to the conditions of funding
- that a blend of academic and enrichment activity was provided
- that the following evidence has been retained and will be provided in the event of a compliance spot check or audit:
- daily attendance registers and reasons for non-attendance
- receipted records of summer school costs including any unrecoverable costs
- you’ll publish a statement by the end of October 2021 which provides brief details about our summer school, including the amount of funding received and a breakdown of how it was spent
- that you have the authority to make this submission on behalf of my school and that all the information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge
You will not be able to submit your confirmation without completing these declarations. Then select the ‘accept and send’ button.
You’ll see a message confirming that your claim has been submitted.
6.12 Confirmation
The final page confirms you have submitted a claim for the 2021 summer school programme you delivered and will give you a unique reference number for your submission.
You’ll also receive an email which includes your claim reference, a PDF of your submission and details of what will happen next.
6.13 Amending your submission
If you have submitted a form already you cannot amend it online. However, you can submit another form; we will take details from that and disregard previous versions submitted.
7. If you planned to deliver a summer school but it didn’t take place
7.1 Your details
This page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you logged into DfE Sign-in.
7.2 Your summer school
You’ll be asked to confirm if your summer school took place.
If you answer ‘no’, you’ll be asked why it didn’t take place.
You’ll also be asked if you incurred any unrecoverable costs whilst planning your summer school. Unrecoverable costs include, for example, where a pupil has been invited but did not attend at very short notice, or where you needed to pay non-refundable deposits for third-party services, equipment etc.
If you didn’t incur any costs, you’ll be asked to complete a declaration.
If you did incur costs, you’ll need to enter the amount of these costs and briefly explain what the unrecoverable costs were for.
If the unrecoverable costs you claim are over the maximum funding allocation, then a warning message will be displayed to remind you that assured funding is up to your maximum allocation so any additional funding claimed is not assured and will be reviewed.
You will then complete a set of declarations.
You’ll not be able to submit your confirmation without completing these declarations. Then select the ‘accept and send’ button.
You’ll see a message confirming that your details have been submitted.
7.3 Confirmation
The final page confirms your submission relating to the 2021 summer school programme and will provide a unique reference number.
You’ll also receive an email which includes your claim reference and a PDF of your submission.
7.4 Amending your submission
There’s no facility to amend your submission via this form, however if you make a second submission, we’ll take the details of your latest return.
8. Enquiries
If you’ve read this guidance and have any questions about the 2021 summer school programme, please contact our learning recovery mailbox.
For queries relating to completing the online form contact us via the ESFA enquiry form.
When completing the enquiry form, select ‘other’ as your query type.
8.1 What happens next
The information you have entered will be checked and validated against your funding allocation. Assured funding is based upon the details confirmed in form 2 and up to your maximum allocation. Any other funding is not assured and will be reviewed.
Spot checks on receipted records will be carried out.
Academies and all other providers will receive their funding directly.
Maintained schools will receive their funding via the local authority.