Data items used in the collection
Table of guidance about some of the data items we use.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow this guidance.
We have included guidance for some data items below:
| Data Item | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Federated flag | Federated submission 바카라 사이트“ Please enter either 바카라 사이트˜No 바카라 사이트“ school is not a federated school바카라 사이트™, or 바카라 사이트˜Yes 바카라 사이트“ school is federated and returning finance data on behalf of other schools in the federation바카라 사이트™. LAEstab numbers of schools in federation - Please enter the LAEstab numbers of schools in the federation for whom you are returning finance data. |
| Data preparation | If the school has been involved in the preparation of the CFR return, please enter 바카라 사이트˜Y바카라 사이트™, otherwise 바카라 사이트˜N바카라 사이트™. |
| Data version | This will be an automatic response from the school바카라 사이트™s MIS system. If there are any red errors on the CFR return preliminary will be attached to it, if there are no red errors then final will be attached. |
| Complete | Is this data for a full financial year? 바카라 사이트˜Y바카라 사이트™ = full year, 바카라 사이트˜N바카라 사이트™ = partial year, that is school opened or closed |
| Cash or accruals | Enter either 바카라 사이트˜Cash바카라 사이트™ or 바카라 사이트˜Accruals바카라 사이트™ depending on the accounting basis used by the school. |
| Rates exempt | If your school is exempt from rates, then please enter 바카라 사이트˜Y바카라 사이트™, otherwise 바카라 사이트˜N바카라 사이트™. |
| Insurance | If your school바카라 사이트™s insurance policies/premiums have been purchased centrally, at no cost to the school, then please enter 바카라 사이트˜Y바카라 사이트™, otherwise 바카라 사이트˜N바카라 사이트™. |