ESFA Update local authorities: 21 November 2018
Published 21 November 2018
Applies to England
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1. Action: customer communications survey
Today we have launched a customer communications survey. The survey gives you the opportunity to tell us your views on our communications and to volunteer to help us test our plans for future improvements.
Customer opinions and feedback are important to us. They allow us to make improvements and ensure our communications are relevant and meaningful.
The survey will be open for 3 weeks and will close at 5pm on Wednesday 12 December. It will take approximately 8 to 10 minutes to complete.
We want as many views from our customers as possible. We welcome you sharing the survey with colleagues who would be interested in participating.
If you experience any technical issues, please contact us via email at Branding.ESFA@education.gov.uk.
We will analyse all findings from the survey and report on the main findings and the actions we plan to take.
Thank you for your time in completing the survey.
2. Information: high needs allocated place numbers and dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations 2018 to 2019
We have updated the high needs allocated place numbers for 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019 and the dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations tables for 2018 to 2019.
We update the high needs allocated place numbers throughout the year so the information includes recent in-year converters. We update this information so that it aligns with the published DSG information.
The 2017 to 2018 high needs data shows the final position at the end of the 2017 to 2018 academic year. We publish this information to encourage collaboration between local authorities and institutions.
We have updated the DSG allocations to take in to account the academy conversions from August to November 2018.
3. Information: individualised learner record (ILR) R04 2018 to 2019
The ILR R04 data collection for academic year 2018 to 2019 closes on 6 December 2018. This is a key return for the calculation of funding allocations for 2019 to 2020, so please ensure that you make an accurate return by the deadline.
We have published a suite of materials to help you return accurate data, including:
- ILR returns guide 2018 to 2019
- ILR specification and validation rules 2018 to 2019
- Provider support manual
There are also a number of reports available to help you validate your data:
In particular, ILR data for the following report numbers should be checked before submitting the R04 return:
- Report 18E-202 (learners with high weekly study hours)
- Report 18E-203 (learners with high planned hours in-year)
4. Information: updates to 16 to 19 education revenue funding allocations page
We have updated our 16 to 19 revenue funding allocations guidance in preparation for the delivery of 16 to 19 revenue funding allocations for academic year 2019 to 2020.
This guidance provides important information about how we allocate 16 to 19 revenue funding to institutions. It also contains an allocation timeline and the latest 16 to 19 allocation developments, which we will continue to update as we move through the allocation process.