Correspondence

EFA e-bulletin for academies: 30 June 2016

Published 4 July 2016

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This has been withdrawn as it’s out of date. The EFA e-bulletin has been replaced by ESFA Update.

1. Information: pupil premium 2016 to 2017

Education Funding Agency (EFA) has published pupil premium allocations for 2016 to 2017.

We will make the first quarter payment to academies on 6 July 2016.

Read our updated information on pupil premium funding for details of when further payments are made, and how schools and academies are held accountable for the use of this funding.

If you have any questions about the pupil numbers used in your allocation, you will be able to view your data on the secure Key to Success website from mid-July.

2. Information: universal infant free school meal (UIFSM) allocations and conditions of grant for 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017

We have published the final UIFSM 2015 to 2016 allocations. We have also published provisional allocations for 2016 to 2017, alongside the new conditions of grant.

The allocations table also shows the payment you will receive on 6 July 2016. It includes your final 2015 to 2016 payment, plus a payment for the first 2 terms of 2016 to 2017 based on the provisional allocation.

3. Information: maths and English condition of funding

We have updated the information on the maths and English condition of funding. This update incorporates new information on the extension to the timetable for final legacy GCSE and IGCSE re-sits.

4. Information: EFA e-bulletin publication arrangements - summer 2016

We will continue to publish the e-bulletin weekly during July. The last weekly edition will be Thursday 28 July.

During August we will publish on a fortnightly basis. The dates of issues will be:

  • Thursday 11 August
  • Thursday 25 August
  • Thursday 8 September

We will operate a reduced e-bulletin schedule during the summer as there is reduced business activity. If we have no updates for customers we will not issue an e-bulletin. In this incidence we will put a notification on the e-bulletin web page.

Customers can be reassured that for any business critical or urgent items for attention which do not fall within the above timescales, we will contact you directly or issue an extraordinary e-bulletin.

Weekly publication will return from Thursday 8 September 2016.