Funding agencies merge
28 March 2017
The Education Funding Agency and Skills Funding Agency are to merge to become one body.
The new, single funding agency - to be called the Education and Skills Funding Agency - will sit within the Department for Education and operate from April 2017.
The new body will be responsible in England for overseeing:
- The funding of education for pupils aged 5 to 16
- Education and training for those aged 16 to 19
- Apprenticeships and adult education
- Managing school building programmes.
Peter Lauener will carry on as Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency until a permanent replacement is in place.