ESFA Update academies: 1 September 2021
Published 1 September 2021
Applies to England
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1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Department for Education has published guidance about COVID-19 in educational settings for staff, parents and carers, pupils and students on GOV.UK.
Please check GOV.UK regularly for updates.
2. Information: Academy Trust Handbook 2021 digital version published
We have published the digital version of the Academy Trust Handbook 2021, which takes effect today.
You might find it useful to check the what’s changed in this edition section to make sure you have arrangements in place.
3. Information: Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees updated
We have updated Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees. This resource brings together a range of data to help boards analyse, discuss, and challenge the educational and financial performance of their school or academy trust.
We have:
- updated and improved all sections to provide new information and to reflect changes in policy
- included new sub sections on cyber security and additional support for pupils with special educational needs or disabilities
- included links to additional sources of information, such as the view my financial insights tool
4. Information: consultation on prioritising schools for the School Rebuilding Programme
The Prime Minister announced the School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) in June 2020 to carry out major rebuilding and refurbishment projects at schools and sixth form colleges in England over the next decade. We have previously announced the first 100 schools in the programme. Details of these and the programme are available on GOV.UK.
We are now consulting on the approach to prioritising schools for future places in the programme, to identify schools most in need of major rebuilding or refurbishment. Further information on the consultation process and how you can contribute your views can be found on GOV.UK. The consultation runs until 8 October, and we would welcome your views.
To find out more about why we are consulting, and the approaches under consideration, please join our Teams live event on 14 September by registering online.