About us

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) was an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) responsible for funding education and skills providers in England.

What ESFA does

As an executive agency of the Department for Education, and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education, ESFA was responsible for administering funding to deliver education and skills, from early years through to adulthood.聽聽

ESFA funded education and skills providers, including:聽

  • maintained schools and early years institutions, through local authorities聽
  • academy trusts聽
  • special schools聽
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  • independent training providers (ITPs)聽
  • high needs institutions聽

ESFA was responsible for:聽

  • 拢70 billion of funding for the education and training sector, ensuring timely and accurate allocations and payment to education and training providers聽
  • providing assurance to Parliament that public funds are spent properly, achieving value for money for the taxpayer and delivers the policies and priorities set out by the Secretary of State聽
  • providing, where necessary, financial support for providers

Our vision

Every pound spent on education and skills has the greatest possible impact on ensuring all learners can realise their potential.

Our outcomes

ESFA had 3 key outcomes:聽

  1. Certainty 鈥� ensuring those we fund have certainty in their funding to help support effective financial planning.聽

  2. Support 鈥� ensuring those we fund feel supported including in response to specific financial requests or needs.聽聽

  3. Assurance 鈥� ensuring that taxpayers鈥� money is used for its intended purpose.聽聽

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You can keep up-to-date with the latest information and actions from ESFA by reading our newsletter ESFA Update.

Governance

You can read about the structure and membership of the ESFA Management Board and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Corporate information

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