ESFA Update local authorities: 3 November 2021
Published 3 November 2021
Applies to England
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1. Information: teachers pay grant (TPG) and teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) allocations for 2021 to 2022
We have now published the allocations for September 2021 to March 2022 for teachers pay grant (TPG) and teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG).
As explained in the national funding formulae (NFF) policy document, from the 2021 to 2022 financial year most of the TPG and TPECG has been paid through the schools and high needs national funding formulae, instead of as separate grants. The high needs operational guide 2021 to 2022 sets out how local authorities should distribute this to high needs settings and explains the additional DSG condition of grant relating to this funding.
In the 2021 to 2022 financial year, we will continue to provide maintained nursery schools, school nurseries, sixth forms, 16 to 19 schools, non-maintained special schools and new special and alternative provision free schools which opened after 1 September 2020 with TPG, paid separately to core allocations.
This grant funding for maintained schools is paid to local authorities, who will be required to pay it to individual schools. Funding for new special and alternative provision free schools (excluding non-maintained special schools) is aggregated and paid at local authority level, for local authorities to distribute according to local circumstances.
Allocations for the full 2021 to 2022 financial year are published on GOV.UK.
2. Information: PE and sport premium allocations and conditions of grant 2021 to 2022
We have now published the allocations for PE and sport premium 2021 to 2022 together with the conditions of grant for maintained schools, academies and non-maintained special schools (NMSS).
3. Information: increase to time permitted for Universal Credit claimants to attend training – extended until April 2022
In April 2021 the Minister for Employment announced that Universal Credit claimants in the intensive work search group will be able to attend full-time, work-related training courses lasting up to 12 weeks across Great Britain and up to 16 weeks for a skills bootcamp as part of their work search activity. This flexibility has now been extended until 28 April 2022.
This is a great opportunity for FE providers to work with their local Jobcentre Plus and Partnership Managers to offer full-time, work-related training courses. Universal Credit Claimants will need to get agreement from their work coach to ensure this is the right support for them and appropriate for the local labour market.
For further information please refer to the Free courses for jobs information page.
4. Information: consultation on reforming how local authorities’ school improvement functions are funded
On 29 October, we issued school improvement monitoring and brokering grant allocations to local authorities covering the period September 2021 to March 2022.
We have also launched a consultation on proposals to reform how local authorities’ school improvement functions are funded in future, and propose to phase in these changes from April 2022.
We are keen to hear your views.
5. Information: RPA members – asbestos management workshop
As part of our risk management support, the Department for Education, in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson are hosting a webinar on asbestos management. This workshop will focus on:
- a background in respect to asbestos risk, including types of asbestos and the law
- management arrangements encompassing a case study, outlining the consequences of failing to comply with the law
Please select the best date for you to read more information and register:
6. Information: RPA members – Regulatory Mock Trial
The Department for Education, in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson, has developed a bespoke training seminar, ‘The Regulatory Mock Trial’.
The workshop has been designed to assist governors, trustees, directors and members of Senior Leadership Teams to understand the challenges they face in implementing compliant health and safety management systems, enhance the prospects of avoiding enforcement action and improve the school’s defensive capabilities where a prosecution is pursued.
Reserve your place for the mock trial on 9 November 2021 9am to midday. Places will be limited and will be allocated on first come basis. There will be a reservation list, and should your circumstances change, and you are no longer able to attend it is crucial we are notified to enable another RPA member to attend.
Select this link to see an extract of the trial footage.
7. Information: do you hire supply teachers and agency workers for your school?
Don’t miss this opportunity to find out more about the DfE approved Hiring supply teachers and agency workers framework. Come along to this DfE and CCS webinar – its free to register. This DfE led session will outline the benefits, including details of how this will help save money on temp-to-perm fees and explain how schools can access framework.
The session takes place on 16 November 2021 from 2pm to 2:45pm.
For the latest on our wide range of webinars, check out the events tab on our Buying for schools LinkedIn page.