NAO: http://www.nao.org.uk/report/performance-capability-education-funding-agency/
The NAO said:
In 2012-13, the Agency confirmed allocations for academies on time as their number almost doubled, and made payments on time for some 3,000 institutions providing education and training for students aged 16-19. In some areas, however, the Agency’s performance did not meet expectations.
Plans to complete a survey of the school estate by a challenging deadline of October 2013 were not achieved owing to inconsistent data from local authorities. It will now cost the Agency £6 million in unplanned spending to survey 8,000 schools, potentially diverting resources from other projects.
The Agency forecasts that its customer numbers will rise by 50 per cent to almost 12,000 between 2012-13 and 2015-16. Based on planned staff numbers, this will mean that the ratio of customers to staff members could increase from 10 to 1 to 13 to 1. In addition, five per cent of staff positions were vacant in November 2013. Although the situation is improving, the Agency has faced difficulties in filling vacancies because the skills it requires, such as in construction and IT, are in short supply.
From the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/29/1?CMP=twt_fd
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