Guidance for providers on the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, including the defined vulnerable groups bursary and discretionary bursaries for students facing financial hardship.
Guidance for providers on the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, including the defined vulnerable groups bursary and discretionary bursaries for students facing financial hardship.
Information about financial assurance and financial management of 16 to 19 institutions, including sixth-form and further education colleges that are funded by Education and Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA).
Guidance to help providers understand and interpret their 16 to 19 funding allocation statements, including how funding components are calculated.
Policy and guidance for providers seeking exceptional in-year growth funding for 16 to 19 provision in the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
Funding rates, formula and allocations guidance for 16 to 19 providers for the 2026 to 2027 academic year, including NI contributions and pension grant adjustments.
Source code used for ASF funding calculations, enabling providers to understand how ILR data is processed and funding earnings are calculated.
Advice and guidance for providers on completing and submitting individualised learner record returns, including key dates and data requirements.
This video explains how to automate your accounts return for 2021 to 2022. You can read about the accounts return on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academies-accounts-return You can also read our user guide for automating the accounts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-chart-of-accounts/guide-to-automating-the-academies-accounts-return
Guidance on the Care to Learn scheme, which provides funding to help young parents aged under 20 with childcare costs while they study.
Collection of Dear Accounting Officer letters from DfE to college corporation accounting officers, covering financial management and governance requirements.
Good practice guides for college corporations covering financial management topics including streamlined energy and carbon reporting.
Guidance and templates for colleges completing their financial planning handbook and college financial forecast return submission.
Guidance for sixth-form and further education colleges on preparing and submitting their financial plan and supporting commentary.
Guidance on DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for the 2026 to 2027 funding year.
Use this service to: submit documents to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) view and download documents published by the ESFA.
Document exchange is run by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE). This user guide tells you how an external user can sign in and manage your account and publish new documents.
The homepage of the ESFA.
Guidance on using the enter learning data service to set up ILR data collection and manage learner data submissions.
An online forum for training providers and others involved in submitting ILR data.
This information allows FE colleges to compare their financial data with national totals and other colleges and organisations.
Template funding agreements and contracts from the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
ESFA Information Exchange will no longer be accessible after Friday 30 April. A new Document exchange service is now live. Information Exchange is the place to submit information to us securely, and to find what you need easily. Watch out for new features being added as Information Exchange develops further, and please give us any feedback on any good or bad points about using it.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will only fund students to undertake qualifications through one of our funded offers if we have approved those qualifications for public funding. This website contains funding approval information for all of the qualifications we will fund through our qualification offers (except apprenticeships and traineeships).
Information about the intervention framework for post-16 education and skills providers.
Weekly newsletter containing actions and information for ESFA-funded organisations.
Cost form and guidance for claiming exceptional learning support for learners whose costs exceed £19,000, covering 19+ learners with learning difficulties or disabilities and apprentices.
Key ESFA services for further education and training providers.
Current guidance on free meal entitlement for students in further education funded institutions, including eligibility criteria and provider responsibilities.
Technical specification for further education (FE) providers to complete the staff level FE workforce data collection.
Self-service support options for education providers hosted by the ESFA.
Information for employers on the Growth and Skills Levy, including funding available for young apprentices and eligible training schemes.
Guidance on completing and submitting the earnings adjustment statement for the 2026 to 2027 funding year.
This video introduces automation to the academies account return. You can read more about the return on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academies-accounts-return
Sets out the common standard for the provision of assurance in relation to funding of post-16 providers. Includes guidance on the annual assurance arrangements for sixth-form and further education colleges and their auditors, and provides information on the requirements in place for independent training providers. A supplementary bulletin provides guidance and some further requirements as a result of COVID-19.
Information on additional grant funding for post-16 providers to cover increased employer National Insurance Contributions costs.
ESFA's subcontracting standard setting out the requirements providers must meet when subcontracting education and training funded by the ESFA.
Guidance for further education colleges on preparing for and participating in the college financial data collection dry run for 2026 to 2027.
The role of qualifications in publicly funded further education.
Updated funding rules governing subcontracting arrangements for ESFA-funded post-16 provision (excluding apprenticeships) for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
This service is for making submissions to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Use this service to submit your annual financial statements return and college financial forecasting return (CFFR).
Details of funding adjustments made to post-16 providers to cover increased teachers' pension employer contribution rates.
Guidance and methodology for the grant paid to further education providers to cover increased teachers' pension scheme employer contribution rates.