The ESFA have announced that in September, in response to feedback, they will issue variations to the 2019 to 2020 Education & Skills agreements issued in July. The variations will:
- vary the required level of professional indemnity insurance from £10m to £5m
- remove the requirement to work towards ISO27001 for the 2020 to 2021 funding year, although this will remain a future requirement
- remove the requirement to carry out Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks every three years and replace with self-declarations in the first instance
- replace the requirement for providers to secure ESFA permission for external media activity on their premises and replace it with keeping the ESFA informed
They advise providers who have not signed their 2020 to 2021 agreement because of these issues to now do so. If you have any questions about the variation, please use the ESFA online form.