Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools
Funding to support schools facing significant staff absences and financial pressures with the costs of staff cover for the period from 22 November 2021 to 8 April 2022.
Applies to England
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Guidance setting out the eligibility criteria and claims process for the COVID-19 workforce fund for schools. It applies to:
- primary, secondary and all through maintained schools, academies and free schools
- 16 to 19 academies and maintained schools
- maintained special schools, and special academies and free schools
- non-maintained special schools
- pupil referral units
- alternative provision academies and free schools
- maintained and academy hospital schools
Registered independent special schools and independent schools delivering alternative provision are also eligible to claim for staff they employ to support pupils whose placements are funded from local authorities’ high needs budgets.
Updates to this page
Published 15 December 2020Last updated 28 April 2022 + show all updates
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Added information about how to access the claim form and the deadline for making claims.
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The COVID-19 workforce fund has been extended to help eligible settings cover the cost of workforce absences experienced from 22 November 2021 until Friday 8 April 2022.
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Updated a typo where we had referred to 'support teachers' instead of 'teachers and leaders' in workforce absence rate criteria for mainstream schools - teachers.
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The COVID-19 workforce fund has been extended until 18 February 2022.
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Updated guidance following the re-introduction of the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund.
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First published.