ESFA Update further education: 27 October 2021
Published 27 October 2021
Applies to England
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1. Reminder: final funding claim for 2020 to 2021
The final funding claim window opened at 9am on Monday 25 October 2021.
Please submit your final funding claim by 5pm on Tuesday 2 November 2021. The claim form will be available on Submit Learner Data.
Your principal or a delegated authority must sign your claim digitally on Manage your education and skills funding by 5pm on Wednesday 3 November 2021.
You will need to submit a claim if you receive funds through:
- grant funded – ESFA adult education budget (AEB) (Adult Skills, Community Learning, 19 to 24 traineeships and Covid-19 skills offer)
- learner support for ESFA AEB procured (Adult Skills and 19 to 24 traineeships) – paid-on-profile
- 19 to 24 Traineeships 2020 procurement - Learner Support – paid-on- profile
- grant funded - advanced learner loans bursary (ALLB)
- 16 to 19 education
Once you have submitted your claim you will also be able to view it on the Manage your education and skills funding within fifteen minutes.
If you have any queries, please contact us using the online enquiry form.
2. Information: get help with technology update
The Secretary of State announced on 22 October that half a million devices will be made available to schools, FE providers and councils as part of the Get Help with Technology (GHWT) programme, to support disadvantaged children and young people in learning.
This is in addition to the support for connectivity announced in August and adds to the 1.35m devices distributed to schools and FE providers during the pandemic.
Providers will be contacted through November and December to order their allocation of devices. Full guidance will be available in the GHWT service when it re-opens on Friday 29 October.
3. Information: updated provider data self-assessment toolkit
We have released an updated version of the provider data self-assessment toolkit (PDSAT) on the PDSAT section of GOV.UK.
This update enables both XML and funding information system (FIS) import and report output for the 2021 to 2022 funding year.
PDSAT is available to providers of ESFA funded education and training to assist with their routine ILR data-checking procedures for their ILR data returns and with preparation for funding assurance reviews.
For further information, please use the ESFA online form.
4. Information: reviewing PDSAT reports: user guide
We have published a user guide for reviewing provider data self-assessment toolkit (PDSAT) for the 2021 to 2022 funding year on the PDSAT section of GOV.UK.
The user guide assists providers of ESFA-funded education and training in carrying out their routine data cleansing and submitting accurate ILR data returns to the ESFA. Therefore, we encourage providers to use PDSAT to regularly check ILR data and, thus, minimise the risk of overclaiming funds from the ESFA and subsequent repayment of funds.
The guide is also used by ESFA and accountancy firms in the delivery of funding audits.
For further information, please use the ESFA online form.