The latest news from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Action: the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools and colleges online form is now live; 3. Reminder: adult education budget (AEB) contracts for services expiring on 31 July 2021; 4. Information: webinar for independent training providers and adult community learning providers on home testing for staff and students; 5. Information: annual strategic conversations; 6. Information: latest version of the apprenticeship funding rules 2020 to 2021; 7. Information: incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice; 8. Information: Advanced Learner Loans (ALL) funding rules for 2021 to 2022; 9. Information: maximum loan amounts for 2021 to 2022; 10. Information: qualification achievement rates for 2019 to 2020; 11. Information: post-16 monitoring requests for evidence and information; 12. Information: National Skills Fund – level 3 adult offer; 13. Information: extension to our free board review service provided by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF); 14. Information: Taking Teaching Further – Round 4 now open; 15. Information: Advanced Maths Support Programme continues until July 2022.
