Education and Skills Funding Agency

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency of the government of the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Department for Education.

The ESFA was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of the Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency.[1] It brings together the existing responsibilities of the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA), creating a single agency accountable for funding education, apprenticeships and training for children, young people and adults. Previously the EFA was responsible for distributing funding for state education in England for 3-19 year olds, as well as managing the estates of schools and colleges; and the SFA was responsible for funding skills training for further education in England and running the National Apprenticeship Service and the National Careers Service.

In the 2019–20 financial year, the agency was responsible for a budget of £59 billion and had approximately 1,500 staff.[2]

Eileen Milner has been the agency's Chief Executive since November 2017; she was previously a director at the Care Quality Commission.[3][4]

References
  1. "New agency to provide joined-up education and skills funding". GOV.UK. Department for Education. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "ESFA business plan for 2019 to 2020 financial year" (PDF). GOV.UK. June 2019. pp. 3, 22. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. Murray, Catherine (18 June 2018). "Profile: Eileen Milner". FE Week. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
  4. "Eileen Milner". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 January 2021.


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