End of Year Adjustments As of today (16th March 2026), maintained schools will have received end of year adjustment workbooks via AnyComms/Devon Transfer for completion […]
Education finance
The education finance blog was set up to enhance the communication of important information from the finance team to schools.
Closedown 2025/26: X-Back Pay return due by 17th March 2026 (Maintained Schools)
A reminder that maintained school X-Back pay submissions will be due by tomorrow (17th March 2026). Please ensure that your returns are submitted via the […]
Administration 233: Employment Status & Devon Education Services (DES) Former Staff
Please find an update regarding Employment Status. We understand that many former DES staff are now self‑employed and continue to provide services to schools. If […]
Closedown 2025/26: Information and Deadlines for Maintained and Academy Schools
Schools are advised that the school closedown timetable has now been published on the Schools Finance website. While this document is primarily aimed at Devon […]
Administration 232: Mutual Fund claims for February 2026 – Submission deadline today (9th March 2026)
Please note that today (9th March 2026) is the deadline for February Schools Mutual Fund claims. Please ensure that you have submitted any claims relating […]
Administration 231: Power BI for Maintained Schools – Data issues now resolved
This blog post confirms that the PowerBI Dashboard is now back online and is functional for schools to use. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by […]
Administration 230: Power BI Dashboard for Maintained Schools
Unfortunately, there has been an issue with the data refresh for the Power BI Dashboard this morning and schools will not see any data in […]
Monitoring & Reporting 105: Access Budgeting 2026-27 (Available from 3rd March 2026)
Schools will shortly be able to access the new financial year in Access Budgeting, with this due to go live overnight tonight (2nd March 2026) […]
Administration 229: School Bursar Briefings – Spring 2026
We have received a number of requests from schools asking if we could run sessions to look at issues that you are facing and, as […]
Administration 227: Coding Changes Update for Maintained Schools
This is an update for Devon Maintained schools of progress in conversion from the Finest coding structure, across to the Unit 4 Chart of Accounts. […]