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ESFA Update local authorities: 11 May 2022

Published 11 May 2022

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1. Action: the coronavirus (COVID19) 16 to 19 tuition fund 2022 to 2023 claim form

The coronavirus (COVID19) 16 to 19 tuition fund 2022 to 2023 form is now live.

The deadline for your submission is 11:59pm on Friday, 27 May 2022.

We’ve published guidance to help you access and complete the form.

You can read more at in the coronavirus (COVID-19) 16 to 19 tuition fund guidance 2022 to 2023.

2. Reminder: the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund claim form is open

Please cascade this information to your maintained schools.

Eligible schools and colleges can now submit a claim for the cost of absences over a threshold experienced between Monday 22 November 2021 to Friday 8 April 2022.

We have published guidance on how to complete the claim form.

The deadline for submitting a claim is 11:59pm on Tuesday, 24 May.

Further information on the COVID-19 workforce fund is available in our guidance for schools and colleges.

3. Information: School Led Tutoring grant - part of the National Tutoring Programme

It’s not too late to support pupils with the National Tutoring Programme (NTP). To find out how your school could benefit from tutoring, view our How to Guide on the options available.

All pupils who have received tutoring through the School-Led Tutoring (SLT) route in academic year 2021 to 2022, up to and including the census day, must be recorded on the summer school census on Thursday 19 May.

The deadline for approved census submissions is Wednesday 15 June. If a pupil is planning to receive SLT but has not started by the census day, then this should be recorded as not having received tuition. This will not affect any future funding payments.

Find out more information on how to complete the School Census.

4. Information: Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules update: Ukrainian Extension Scheme

All Ukrainian adults and their family members supported through the Ukraine Extension Scheme are immediately eligible for further education 19+ funding and are exempt from the 3-year residency requirement as per the current AEB funding rules.

Those individuals and their family members who had permission to stay in the UK on or before 18 March 2022 can apply for the Ukraine Extension scheme.

If you have any questions, please contact us using our enquiry form.

5. Information: join these webinars on approved frameworks and see how you could save money for your school

The Department for Education (DfE) is hosting webinars on how using our approved frameworks could help your school get value for money.

If you are responsible for buying goods and services for your schools, check out the range of informative webinars that could help you save time and money.

All sessions are free, use these Eventbrite links to join the Schools Commercial Team and take the opportunity to ask providers the questions you may have:

For the latest on our wide range of webinars, check out the events tab on our Buying for schools LinkedIn page.

6. Information: sustainability and climate change strategy published

DfE has launched its sustainability and climate change strategy to empower children, young people and those working in education to fight climate change.

Key action areas include increasing opportunities for young people to learn from and connect with nature, driving climate education and green skills, decarbonising school buildings and making them more climate resilient, and increasing the sustainability of operations and supply chains in education settings.

Measures include the introduction of a nominated sustainability lead in every education setting, and the roll out of carbon literacy training for at least one person in every locally maintained nursery, state-funded school, college, and university. We will also support initiatives to increase active and safe travel to school to improve wellbeing, reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality.

Read the sustainability and climate change strategy on GOV.UK.

7. Your feedback: complete this energy survey and help us to understand energy use in schools

The current energy situation is challenging and many schools whose contract is due to expire over the coming months are trying to get the best value when renewing their contracts.

We are contacting all schools in England to get basic data on their current and future energy tariffs. Your answers will be used to help us to understand how schools will be affected by recent energy price increases so we can consider what additional support we can offer.

The survey is open until 1 June 2022 and we would like to encourage as many schools as possible to respond.

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