Use this form to certify that your local authority has met the required terms and conditions for grant funding provided by ESFA in financial year (FY) 2023 to 2024 and provide your schools financial value standard (SFVS) statement.

The requirements for each grant are detailed in separate forms. You must complete a form for each of the grants listed in your local authority schedule before submitting your section 151 officer statement declaration. Only once all sub-form grant funding line submissions are confirmed as received with no outstanding issues will the section 151 officer be able to access and complete the mandatory submission declaration and conclude your local authority's full return.

For more information, and instructions on:

• S151 officer return guidance consult the section 151 officer assurance return (opens in a new tab).
• completing your S151 returns, consult the section 151 return digital form guidance (opens in a new tab).
• completing the SFVS statement consult SFVS guidance (opens in a new tab).
• completing your returns, contact us using the ESFA customer help portal (opens in a new tab).

Before you start, make sure you have:

• A DfE Sign-in account. You need to have an account with the DfE Sign-in service. If you haven't used DfE Sign-in before you'll need to create an account
• schools financial value standard (SFVS) data and details of any non-compliance by your maintained schools
• your spend details for each grant in your local authority schedule
• details of unspent grant funding that may be recoverable by ESFA
• details of any instances of fraud or theft