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The high value courses premium (HVCP) is additional funding to encourage and support delivery of selected level 3 courses in subjects that lead to higher wage returns, to enable a more productive economy.
Information for local authorities, school leaders and governing bodies about their schools forum obligations and duties.
Information about ESFA education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2024 to 2025.
Funding values for colleges, training organisations and employers with an adult education budget, apprenticeship, advanced learner loan or traineeship contract for 2023 to 2024.
Allocation data for 16 to 19 institutions funded by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Sets out the rules that apply to ESFA funded AEB provision for the 2022 to 2023 funding year.
DfE’s benchmarking tools help governors, trustees, headteachers, business professionals and local authorities to understand their data and how to use the results.
Information for local authorities on the school improvement monitoring and brokering grant.
Shows the scheduled maintenance dates for the LRS organisation portal and the uploading ILR achievement data testing.
Guidance for academy trusts declaring or seeking approval for related party transactions (RPTs).
Guidance for local authorities on how to complete the section 151 officer return and the schools financial value standard assurance statement for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
Use the form to submit requests for a new facility or loans bursary for the 2023 to 2024 funding year
Guidance on how we allocate funding for this grant.
Using subcontractors in the delivery of apprenticeships, with some illustrative examples.
Use the XML generator to prepare your data for uploading to COLLECT in a similar way to other ESFA data collections.
Information for local authorities, schools and the general public about local authority education funding and expenditure plans for 2023 to 2024
A guide for schools about the benefits of apprenticeships for their workforce, and how the apprenticeship levy and public sector target apply to schools.
Find out if this handbook applies to you.
Guide to help academy trusts and diocesan users submit their land and buildings collection tool to the ESFA.
Guidance for local authorities on funding to provide education and childcare services for Ukrainian children who have entered England via the Homes for Ukraine scheme 2022 to 2023.
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