We are aware that many of you are experiencing difficulties when trying to run trial balance comparison, with Power BI showing double values for a […]
Education finance
The education finance blog was set up to enhance the communication of important information from the finance team to schools.
Administration 220: Changes to Trial Balance – Maintained Schools Only
Further to our recent blog, Closedown 2025/26: Coding Changes Update for Maintained Schools – Support for schools and settings, Scomis and DCC school finance are […]
Administration 219: 0.5% Transfer Between Blocks Agreed
The DfE has approved DCC’s request to transfer 0.5% from the schools block to the high needs block in the financial year 2026-27. You can […]
Closedown 2025/26: Coding Changes Update for Maintained Schools
Ahead of the upcoming closure of school accounts, please see a cross-team update for Devon Maintained Schools. School Coding Changes – April 2026 Following a […]
Governance & Compliance: CFR Update – Item Code 9149 Schools Budget Support Grant (SBSG)
Please note that a new item code has been added due to the recent distribution of the Schools Budget Support Grant. This grant has been […]
Monitoring & Reporting 103: Provisional School Budget Share Calculators 2026/27 – Model B and Model C Now Available
The provisional School Budget Share Calculator models for the Financial Year 2026-27 are now available here: Budgets – Support for schools and settings The two […]
Administration 218: Cash & Cheque Paying in + G4S Paying in Forms – Template Updates
An update has recently been made to both the G4S Paying In form and the Cash/Cheque Paying in Form. Schools are reminded to check the […]
Monitoring & Reporting 102: Maintained Schools Bromcom FRS – Autumn Term
Thank you to those schools that have already submitted a Bromcom FRS return to us for the Autumn Term. The team are in the process […]
Administration 217: Update from Devon Assurance Partnership
With the introduction of Bromcom and Unit4, it has been a challenging time for DCC maintained schools. School finance staff have been under increasing pressure […]
Administration 216: Duplicated entries relating to PE Sports Grant in PowerBI Dashboard – Action Required by schools
Welcome back to a rather cold Spring term, a number of you have been in touch regarding duplicate entries on your suspense with the narrative […]