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Academy trust accounting officer letters

Letters sent to accounting officers in academy trusts by DfE, ESFA and EFA.

From:
Department for Education, Education and Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency
Published
14 July 2015
Last updated
25 June 2025 鈥� See all updates

Letters sent to all academy, free school, university technical college and studio school trusts by the Department for Education (DfE), the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

The letters cover key responsibilities of financial management and governance.

Letters issued in 2025

Letters issued in 2024

Letters issued in 2023

Letters issued in 2021

Letters issued in 2020

Letters issued in 2019

Letters issued in 2018

Letters issued in 2017

Letters issued in 2016

Letters issued in 2015

Letters issued in 2014

Letters issued in 2013

Updates to this page

Published 14 July 2015
Last updated 25 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 'Letter to accounting officers in academy trusts: 25 June 2025'.

  2. Added 'Letter to accounting officers: 19 March 2025'.

  3. Added 'Letter to accounting officers: 11 September 2024'.

  4. Added letters from ESFA Chief Executive, David Withey, to academy accounting officers in 2024.

  5. We've added a letter sent today, 6 July 2023, from David Withey to accounting officers on the Academy Trust Handbook 2023.

  6. We have updated this page to add a letter sent to academy trust accounting officers in August 2021.

  7. We have updated this page to add a letter sent to academy trust accounting officers in August 2020.

  8. Page updated to add a letter sent in July 2020.

  9. Added letter to accounting officers sent in April 2020

  10. Page updated to add a letter sent in July 2019.

  11. Updated to add a letter sent on 15 March 2019.

  12. Updated to add a letter sent in September 2018.

  13. Updated to include a letter sent in March 2018

  14. Updated to include a letter sent to all trusts about ESFA changing its approach to academy trust non-compliance with financial returns.

  15. Updated to include letter sent in November 2017.

  16. Updated to add a letter sent to academy trust accounting officers in December 2016.

  17. Updated to include the letter EFA's chief executive, Peter Lauener, sent to all academy trust accounting officers on 6 October 2016.

  18. The Education Funding Agency has updated this collection to include the letter its chief executive, Peter Lauener, sent to all academy trust accounting officers on 14 September 2015.

  19. First published.

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