ESFA Update local authorities: 26 June 2024
Published 26 June 2024
Applies to England
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Information: National professional qualifications targeted support fund 2023 to 2024 allocations
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published the national professional qualification (NPQ) targeted support funding 2023 to 2024 grant allocations for participants who started in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Allocations will be paid to academies and maintained schools in June 2024. A further payment will be made to independent special schools from July 2024.
A sweep up payment will be made in autumn 2024, ensuring all eligible schools and organisations not captured in the summer payment window will be paid in-year. If you think you meet the eligibility criteria but have not yet received a payment as indicated on the published grant allocations, contact your training provider. They will be able to provide confirmation that training engagement was submitted to the department.
If you do not have a training provider or have any queries, email [email protected].
Eligibility is assessed using information provided during registration, including pupil data. For state-funded primary schools with 1 to 150 pupils and state-funded primary schools with more than 150 pupils, funding amounts may vary dependant on the point of registration.
You can read further information about NPQ courses on GOV.UK.
Information: COVID-19 recovery premium grant 2023 to 2024 – June 2024 allocations
ESFA has published the June 2024 allocations for the recovery premium grant for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
These are the final allocations and conclude the rollout of recovery premium for 2023 to 2024. This fourth instalment of the grant is paid to local authorities in June 2024 and will be paid to academies in July 2024.
Information: Pupil premium 2024 to 2025 – June 2024 allocations
ESFA has published the quarter 1 pupil premium allocations for financial year 2024 to 2025 on the pupil premium allocations guidance page.
The allocations include pupil referral units and alternative provision academies that completed the January 2024 census.
The school level pupil premium allocations published on GOV.UK are only the deprivation FSM6 element of the allocations. On the Get Information About Pupils (GIAP) site, schools can confirm the pupils included in the allocation and which element of funding they attract.
You can access GIAP through DfE Sign-in.
Reminder: Deadline to submit the post-16 subcontracting standard report
Providers who subcontract £100,000 or more of their post-16 delivery, across all ESFA funding streams, are required to submit a subcontracting standard. This report must be submitted to the ESFA by Wednesday 31 July 2024.
If you completed the standard for the academic year 2022 to 2023, you should have received a letter with your outcome. Those who met the standard will not need to resubmit until July 2026.
Providers that are in scope, who did not complete the standard last year, will need to submit reports by Wednesday 31 July 2024 using ESFA Document Exchange. If you have any questions, contact your Department for Education case manager.
Read the ESFA subcontracting standard guidance for more information.