ESFA Update local authorities: 2 September 2020
Updated 2 September 2020
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: incentive payment for hiring new apprentices - applications go live
We have updated the 2020 to 2021 consistent financial reporting (CFR) framework to include guidance for coronavirus (COVID-19) related funding.
Section l18 now states how grants provided specifically in connection with COVID-19 should be recorded. Please use this updated guidance to help you complete your return.
If you have any problems, or need advice about the collection, please contact the Data Collection Helpdesk via a data collections service request form.
3. Information: The School Information (England) Regulations 2020
In 2019 the Department for Education ran a consultation entitled “Financial transparency of local authority maintained schools and academy trusts” and has begun implementing the proposals as per the government response.
The School Information (England) Regulations 2020 take effect from 1 January 2021 and require maintained schools to publish on their website the number of school employees (if any) whose gross annual salary is £100,000 or more in £10,000 bands. Schools may display this information however they wish, although we recommend doing so via a table.
Schools must also publish a link to the specific page on the Schools Financial Benchmarking dedicated to their school using the unique reference number allocated to the school by the Department for Education. For example: https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=234567.
After “urn=” you will need to insert your school’s URN. If you do not know your URN you can find it on Get information about schools (GIAS).
Further guidance relating to the information that schools must publish online is available on GOV.UK.