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ESFA Update academies: 13 March 2019

Published 13 March 2019

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1. Reminder: ‘Understanding your data’ feedback survey closes Tuesday 19 March 2019

In June 2018, we published ‘Understanding your data; a guide for school governors and academy trustees’, to help you collect the right data for your school or academy trust, and to help you make use of this data to improve the performance of your school or academy trust.

We want to improve this resource to ensure it continues to meet your needs, and we would value your feedback, through completion of our survey.

The survey is confidential and takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

2. Information: teachers’ pay grant for the 2019 to 2020 financial year

The Department for Education (DfE) has published updated rates for the teachers’ pay grant for the 2019 to 2020 financial year.

We will publish school level allocations for mainstream schools and academies, and local authority level allocations for high needs for the 2019 to 2020 financial year in April 2019. There will be two payments, one in spring 2019 and one in autumn 2019.

Academies will be paid using these rates for the period April 2020 to August 2020. We will confirm future funding arrangements for maintained schools and academies for 2020 to 2021 as part of the wider spending review.

3. Information: free school meals supplementary grant 2018 to 2019

We recently published the free school meals supplementary grant allocations and conditions of grant for the 2018 to 2019 financial year.

The free school meals supplementary grant provides schools with extra funding to help them meet the higher costs of providing extra meals before the lagged funding system catches up. This follows the introduction of Universal Credit, which increases the number of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Read our guidance for more information.

4. Information: The Trust Network National Estates Conference: ‘Building Education’

The Trust Network is hosting its third National Estates Conference on Tuesday 16 April 2019 at Corby Business Academy. The event is free to attend.

Speakers and sessions will include:

  • Rory Kennedy, Director of Capital, Department for Education (DfE)

  • DfE Good Estate Management for Schools team

  • ‘Sustainable School Estates’: an audience led discussion with panel members from DfE, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), a local authority and a multi-academy trust

  • Workshops covering topics including training, asset management, procurement, energy efficiency and income generation

  • ‘Procurement Street’: exhibition floor and networking opportunities

To book your free place please contact the Trust Network.

The Trust Network is a collection of academy trusts who share information and expertise on managing and maintaining school premises.

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