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ESFA college and local authority accountability agreements

Information about ESFA college and local authority annualaccountability Accountabilityagreements Agreements and the Local Needs Duty Information for 20242023 to 2025 2024.

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
14 December 2022
Last updated
12 DecemberApril 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Accountability Agreementsagreements andfor the2023 Localto Needs2024

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Annual 2025accountability statement examples

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Providers in scope for the annual Accountability Statement are: all further education colleges, all sixth form colleges, designatedinstitutes for adult learning/designated institutions and local authorities delivering post-16 provision in excess of £1m.

Providers in scope for the Local Needs Duty are: all further education colleges, all sixth form colleges and designated institutions

Published 14 December 2022
Last updated 12 DecemberApril 2023 + show all updates

  1. Guidance and information on this page has been updated for 2024 to 2025.

  2. We have updated the college and local authority accountability agreements guidance has been updated to reflect national priority sectors and programmes for 2023 to 2024.