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DfE Update: 23 April 2025
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
Applies to England
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Latest for further education
| Article | Title |
|---|---|
| Action | Further education (FE) college condition allocation for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Advanced learner loans (ALL) – funding and performance management rules for 2025 to 2026, and maximum loan amounts |
| Information | Adult skills fund allocations for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) and further education free meals funding rate for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Post-16 National Insurance contributions grant |
| Information | T Level uplift for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Tailored Learning – new codes for cost contributions |
| Your feedback | Narrowing the digital divide in schools and colleges – contribute to the public consultation |
| Your feedback | Changes to the financial data submissions process for independent training providers, special-post 16 institutions and non-maintained special schools |
Latest information for academies
| Article | Title |
|---|---|
| Information | Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) and further education free meals funding rate for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Allocations for the first payment of the breakfast club early adopters grant for the 2024 to 2025 academic year |
| Information | Grant allocations for academies for April to August 2025 |
| Information | Budget forecast return (BFR) guidance and workbook update 2025 |
| Information | Post-16 National Insurance contributions grant |
| Information | T Level uplift for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Just launched – the new multi-academy trust (MAT) view on the ‘Plan technology for your school’ service |
| Your feedback | Narrowing the digital divide in schools and colleges – contribute to the public consultation |
| Events and webinars | Q&A drop-in sessions: Academies chart of accounts and automation |
| Events and webinars | Introduction to the academies chart of accounts and automation |
Latest information for local authorities
| Article | Title |
|---|---|
| Information | Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) and further education free meals funding rate for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Allocations for the first payment of the breakfast club early adopters grant for the 2024 to 2025 academic year |
| Information | Launch of section 251 budget collection 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Advanced learner loans (ALL) – funding and performance management rules for 2025 to 2026, and maximum loan amounts |
| Information | Adult skills fund allocations for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Post-16 National Insurance contributions grant |
| Information | T Level uplift for 2025 to 2026 |
| Information | Tailored Learning – new codes for cost contributions |
| Your feedback | Narrowing the digital divide in schools and colleges – contribute to the public consultation |
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Published 23 April 2025