Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Update

Action: the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund claim form is now open

The COVID-19 workforce fund claim form is now open. Eligible schools and colleges can now submit a claim for the cost of absences over a threshold experienced between Monday 22 November 2021 to Friday 8 April 2022. The ESFA have published guidance on how to complete the claim form

The deadline for submitting a claim is 11:59pm on Tuesday 24 May.

Further information on the COVID-19 workforce fund is available in the guidance for schools and colleges

Information: coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery premium funding grant allocation for April 2022 now available

The recovery premium grant is additional funding to support schools with education recovery during the 2021 to 2022 academic year, following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ESFA have now published the allocations for the period April 2022 to August 2022

Information: teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) and teachers’ pay grant (TPG) allocations

The ESFA have published the TPECG allocations and conditions of grant for financial year 2022 to 2023, for those institutions that continue to receive this as a separate grant.

The ESFA have also published the TPG allocations and conditions of grant for financial year 2022 to 2023, for those institutions that continue to receive this as a separate grant.

This is the first instalment of these grants which covers April 2022 to August 2022.  The grants are based on the published per pupil rates set out in the updated TPG and TPECG methodology.

Information: PE and sport premium updated allocations

The ESFA have now published the updated allocations for PE and sport premium 2021 to 2022 for the period April 2022 to August 2022.

Previous ESFA Update

You can find previous editions of the ESFA Update on the GOV.UK website