THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION VILLAGE

Come and find out more about the Condition Data Collection programme, one of the biggest data collection exercises in the UK public sector, where we are collecting building condition information across all government funded schools in England.

Educate Against Hate is the Government programme providing teachers, school leaders and parents with practical advice, support and resources to help them build young people’s resilience to extremism and keep them safe from radicalisation. Come and talk to us about how your school implements the Prevent duty and embeds Fundamental British Values. Pick up free Educate Against Hate materials for your schools.

Access to good quality, accurate and timely data helps schools to make informed decisions on managing resources efficiently. Come and speak to us about the Schools Financial Benchmarking Service and Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning tools. We can provide hints and tips on how to use the tools and we are also interested in your feedback to continue to improve the services we offer.

The Schools Commercial Team within the Department for Education is leading on the Buying for Schools programme; delivering services to support schools to buy non-staff goods and services more efficiently and to make effective use of the resources available to them. We aim to reach the right people in schools to raise awareness of the cost saving, time saving and collaboration initiatives available and getting the best value from all their resources whilst ensuring compliant buying practices.

The ESFA funding directorate is responsible for calculating and allocating all school and academies funding. This includes delivering the move to the National Funding Formula, the post-16 funding agenda, apprenticeships and adult skills funding. The funding directorate is one of the largest funding operations in government, responsible for allocating around £58 billion of public money. We provide assurance those monies are properly spent, achieving value for money, and delivering the policies and priorities of the government. Come and speak to us to find out the latest information on funding for schools and academies.

Come and learn about T Levels – the new technical education offer for young people after GCSEs. You can find out what these qualifications involve, how the rollout is progressing, how schools can get involved in delivering them and the support available.

Do you use digital channels to get information from the Education and Skills Funding Agency? This is an opportunity for you to feedback on the digital channels you use and what you'd like to see more, or less of. Whether you use digital channels or not, come and speak to us as we are interested in your views.

We are responsible for delivering DfE’s commitment to protect and promote the wellbeing of education staff. Working in partnership with stakeholders we aim to support schools to develop a whole school approach to wellbeing. We have published the first Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, a declaration of support for, and set of commitments to, the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education.

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is an easy to access, cost-effective programme aiming to reach thousands more pupils this academic year, in one-to-one and small-group, 15-hour tuition courses. The objective of the NTP is to both address the impact of Covid–19 on educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils and embed a culture of tutoring within schools as part of the longer-term solution to address the attainment gap. Phase two of the £1 billion National Tutoring Programme has launched to continue to provide subsidised, high-quality tuition to pupils across England who have lost learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cyber Security for Schools: advice and guidance and the upcoming launch of a new Cyber Security Self-Assessment tool. We will provide up to date advice and guidance on the current ways to mitigate for incidents such as ransomware, and an insight into the DfE's new cyber security self-assessment tool for schools 'Cyber Secure'. Cyber Secure will be a free and anonymous tool which will help schools become more proactive at understanding and improving their cyber-resilience.