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EFA e-bulletin for schools, colleges, local authorities and other 16 to 19 providers: 14 May 2015

Published 14 May 2015

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1. Information: advisory report on maths and English condition of funding

Since August 2013 any student without a good pass in maths and English is required to continue to study towards the GCSE grade C standard either directly or via a stepping stone qualification as part of their study programme. This has become a condition of funding from August 2014.

A report is now available to download from the EFA Information Exchange via the following folder path: Other Submissions” and “AY 2015-16”. The report gives institutions an indication of students’ compliance with the condition of funding had it applied in the 2013 to 2014 academic year.

This is provided to support you in assessing your current students and taking action this academic year if students are not compliant with the condition of funding. This is the third and final advisory report on this condition of funding to be issued to institutions.

Please raise a service request if you have any difficulties accessing EFA Information Exchange.

2. Information: Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) feedback and appeals

The CIF website is available for applicants to view the outcome of their application(s) and review project feedback.

Any appeal will only be accepted where applicants believe that Education Funding Agency (EFA) has made a material error in the assessment of the bid. No new supporting evidence will be considered as part of an appeal. The deadline for receipt of appeals is midday 26 May.

3. Information: free meals in further education

The free meals in further education guide for the 2015 to 2016 academic year is now available on GOV.UK.

This advice has been produced to help institutions understand their obligation to provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions. The guide also provides advice on administering free meals in line with the requirement.

4. Information: 16 to 18 performance tables

As announced in the 16 to 19 accountability consultation response, from 2016 we will introduce more rigorous minimum standards and publish clearer and more comprehensive performance information about schools and colleges.

To ensure this information is fit-for-purpose we will introduce a more robust methodology so that achievements are presented against the provider that is responsible for the student’s study programme.

This will involve using R10 data to establish the provider delivering the core aim for students in scope for reporting in the DfE 16 to 18 performance tables, please see page 6 of the ‘16 to 19 Accountability Headline Measures: Technical Guide’ for more information.

5. Information: high needs place numbers 2015 to 2016

We have published the high needs place numbers for the 2015 to 2016 academic year, which show the high needs places allocated to institutions and local authority location.

This will be updated in August 2015 to reflect any changes in institution status as of 1 August 2015.

6. Action: summer school census 2015

The date for the 2015 summer school census is Thursday 21 May. The deadline for data returns is Wednesday 17 June.

Please use the data collections service request form for any queries or if you are not receiving the school census bulletins from the EDD helpdesk.

7. Contacts

All 16 to 19 providers can get in touch with the EFA through the relevant territorial inbox, unless a different email address is specified in an article.

16 to 19 providers - northern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in north west, north east and Yorkshire and the Humber with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - central and south west territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south west, west midlands and east midlands with queries for the Education Funding Agency

16 to 19 providers - southern territory

For local authorities, schools, colleges and other (non-academy) providers in south east, east of England and London with queries for the Education Funding Agency

Academies should contact the Academy Enquiries Service:

EFA questions

For schools, local authorities, other education institutions and providers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisers with queries for the Education Funding Agency

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