The ESFA has uploaded 16 to 19 school and academy sixth form 2018/2019 allocation calculation toolkits (ACT) to the ESFA Information Exchange. The ACT is saved in the Document Exchange ‘Revenue Funding’ folder, under ‘AY 2018-19 (2018/19)’.
You can access Document Exchange by logging into ESFA Information Exchange, and choosing the Document Exchange tab at the top of the page.
The ACT includes the factors and funding band proportions for your 2018/2019 allocation. For most schools and academies, the ACT also includes lagged student numbers. It does not include information relating to care leavers or large programmes. These will be communicated in your allocation statement at a later date.
Further guidance on the ACT is available to download here.
The ESFA has requested that academies use their allocation calculation toolkit and guidance to understand the data used to calculate their 16 to 19 allocation. They will consider 16 to 19 business cases where there is a significant error in the data you have returned - the deadline for submitting a business case is the 27th April 2018.