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Administration 79: Supplier relief for schools Covid 19

Posted on 10 March 2021 by

On the 3rd Feb new guidance was issued by the DfE Supplier relief for schools – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). This guidance is consistent with the advice previously issued in Procurement Policy Note 02/20 which expired on 30 June 2020 …

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Administration 80: Supplier relief for schools

Posted on 2 March 2021 by

On the 3rd Feb new guidance was issued by the DfE Supplier relief for schools – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). This guidance is consistent with the advice previously issued in Procurement Policy Note 02/20 which expired on 30 June 2020 …

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Administration 77: De-Delegation Calculator

Posted on 29 January 2021 by

https://www.devon.gov.uk/supportforschools/finance/consultations

The De-Delegation Calculator has been amended as an error was found in the Base Entitlement (AWPU) totals, this has now been corrected.…

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Administration 76: Furloughing schools staff (COVID-19) eligibility

Posted on 19 January 2021 by

Following on from the earlier update on the furlough scheme, as well as the original guidance issued in May 2020, please note that we do not expect you to be eligible for furlough if your are forecasting an …

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Administration 75: COVID-19 guidance – furloughing staff and access to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Posted on 8 January 2021 by

Further to the latest Government guidance we can confirm that, once again, schools will be able to access the Furlough scheme in certain circumstances.  The process is the same as was used last year and it is likely that if …

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General 153: Claims for Exceptional COVID-19 Costs

Posted on 7 December 2020 by

Further to the General 149: Claims for Exceptional COVID-19 Costs blog from June, the second claim form for schools and academies to claim eligible exceptional costs relating to coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020 has now been …

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General 152: Covid 19 Cost Centre

Posted on 3 December 2020 by

Some schools have been recording their Covid related costs in a separated Covid 19 cost centre. The feedback has been that doing this has been very helpful in easily identifying Covid related costs and has been useful when schools have …

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General 151: Be Aware: Primary Schools targeted for false High Court Writ payments

Posted on 3 December 2020 by

Devon Audit Partnership has requested that we share the following message from Cifas with schools:

Cifas has received intelligence that primary schools may be targeted by threat actors claiming there was a High Court Writ against the head teacher for …

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Funding 55: Consultation – Schools Funding arrangements 2021-22

Posted on 23 September 2020 by

In 2021-22, as in previous years, the local authority will continue to set a local schools funding formula, in consultation with its schools, under what is known as a ‘soft’ National Funding Formula (NFF).  The government are expected to, later …

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