East Sussex Funding News – June 2025

East Sussex County Council publishes Funding News monthly to share information about success stories, resources and forthcoming funding opportunities for East Sussex charities and community sector organisations.  Click here for the June edition.

Skills England: Skills for Growth and Opportunity

Click here for the findings of Skills England’s analysis and engagement with sectors on the growth and skills offer, and skills needs assessments for 10 priority sectors. Click here for more and sector reaction from FE News.

DfE Update 4 June

Latest from the DfE including: 1. Adult skills fund (ASF) 2024 to 2025 related reference data (postcode datasets); 2. Publication of updated college financial benchmarking tool and related dataset; 3. Maths and English progress measures; 4. Year-end funding claim for...

DfE Update 28th May

Apologies for this DFE FE update not being in the last newsletter but including now so that you don’t miss anything! Items are: 1. 16 to 19 funding update; 2. National Insurance (NI) contributions grant allocations; 3. Free Courses for Jobs construction...

Skills England Priorities 2025 to 2026

See this letter from Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, to the joint chief executives of Skills England outlining the priorities for the newly operational, Skills England. Click here for analysis from FE Week.