Schools open for part of the financial year
Instructions for where schools are only open for part of the financial year.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow this guidance.
We require returns for all maintained schools open during the financial year 2024 to 2025. Where part-year data is provided, 鈥楴鈥� should be entered in the 鈥楥omplete鈥� field.
For schools converting to academy status, the return should reflect the position at the point of conversion before the transfer of balances to the successor school.