The Department for Education's Nov. 11 update for England lists a quarter-two financial-data deadline for further education colleges and separate training and risk-protection events for academies and local authorities.
The further education section includes a reminder about National Apprenticeship Week 2027. It also lists a dry run of the quarter-two data collection and a drop-in session for colleges submitting financial data.
For academies, the update lists regional in-person training for school business leaders and sessions about the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA). The bulletin presents RPA as a way to manage protection needs outside commercial insurance. It also lists a contractor-management workshop restricted to RPA members.
The local-authority section includes RPA events, a contractor-management workshop for RPA members and a National Apprenticeship Week 2027 entry. The DfE says colleges’ quarter-two financial-data dry-run submissions are due Friday, Nov. 20, 2026.
