ESFA Update further education: 4 December 2024
Published 4 December 2024
Applies to England
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Information: Further education free meals per meal rate increase for the academic year 2024 to 2025
We can confirm an increase to the per-meal rate for further education free meals. The rate will be increased from £2.53 to £2.58 for 2024 to 2025, backdated to the start of the academic year.
You will receive an additional payment in February to increase the amount of funding you received at the start of the academic year. You will receive your final one-third payment for the academic year in April as usual.
Information: Apprenticeship Accountability Framework – introduction of a technical annex
In response to sector feedback, the Department for Education (DfE) has introduced a technical annex to the Apprenticeships Accountability Framework (AAF).
This annex provides detailed information on how the AAF indicators are calculated.
Please note the AAF indicators and thresholds remain unchanged.
The sections on apprentice and employer feedback have also been updated to reflect recent improvements to the presentation of this data in the Apprenticeship Service provider portal.
While it has been tested with sector partners, we welcome further feedback through provider case managers or [email protected].