ESFA Update further education: 16 October 2024
Published 16 October 2024
Applies to England
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Action: Final funding claim submission for 2023 to 2024 by Friday 25 October 2024
The final funding claim window will open at 9am on Tuesday 22 October 2024.
Please submit your final funding claim by 5pm on Friday 25 October 2024. The claim form will be available on submit learner data. The funding claims user guide is available to help you complete the form.
You will need to submit a claim if you receive funds through these grant funded contracts:
- ESFA funded adult education budget (AEB) (adult skills, community learning, 19 to 24 traineeships and level 3 free courses for jobs offer)
- advanced learner loans bursary (ALLB)
If you have any exceptional adjustments to enter on the claim form, you will require prior agreement by ESFA. The claim should be supported by relevant evidence which ESFA may request. Any unauthorised exceptional adjustments will be disallowed.
16 to 19 allocation
The 16 to 19 delivery section of the funding claim will be included in the final funding claim for your principal or delegated authority to sign off.
Providers with only a 16 to 19 allocation do not need to submit a funding claim at R14 but they do need to sign the R14 form digitally on manage your education and skills funding by 5pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024.
Sign your claim
Your principal or delegated authority must sign your claim digitally on manage your education and skills funding by 5pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024.
Once you have submitted your final funding claim on submit learner data, you will also be able to view it on manage your education and skills funding.
Information: Submitting independent training providers’ financial forecasts
We are improving our oversight by asking a selection of independent training providers (ITPs) to submit financial forecast information to ensure that the ITP sector is in a sound financial position.
During October, the Department for Education (DfE) will write to a sample of ITPs, asking them to submit a financial forecast by Saturday 30 November 2024.
Details of how to submit the financial forecast will be included in the individual notification and within the submit financial information for ITPs guidance on GOV.UK.
Only ITPs who are contacted will need to submit a financial forecast.
Your feedback: Compare your curriculum efficiency tool users needed for research by Friday 22 November 2024
The compare your curriculum efficiency tool will relaunch soon as an online application. It is currently accessed on view your education data (VYED) as an Excel spreadsheet. We want to hear from users of the tool to help us deliver a service that meets your needs.
Tell us your views by completing this 5 to 10 minute survey by Friday 22 November 2024.
We will also be holding usability testing, that will be:
• online using Microsoft Teams
• no longer than 30 minutes
Complete the participant information sheet and consent form to register your interest.
We are committed to making services accessible. We would like to hear from people with disabilities or impairments who use assistive technology or make adjustments when using technology.