Corporate report

Review of the Education and Skills Funding Agency

Review of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), and changes to the way the Department for Education (DfE) will operate from 1 April 2022 onwards.

From:
Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
15 February 2022
Last updated
14 March 2022 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Review of the Education and Skills Funding Agency: final summary report

PDF, 445 KB, 33 pages

Review of the Education and Skills Funding Agency: DfE's response to the recommendations

PDF, 250 KB, 14 pages

Changes to the way the Department for Education (DfE) will operate from 1 April 2022 onwards

PDF, 153 KB, 2 pages

Details

The review of ESFA covered the agency’s:

  • status
  • governance
  • efficiency
  • effectiveness

It was conducted by a Department for Education (DfE) team led by an independent reviewer, Sir David Bell KCB DL. The review took place between July 2021 and January 2022.

Updates to this page

Published 15 February 2022
Last updated 14 March 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated the 'Changes to the way the Department for Education (DfE) will operate' document to include the purpose and aim of the department’s work focussed on families.

  2. First published.

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