It has come to light that when a school completes and submits an Internal Invoice Request spreadsheet and it contains more than one line of […]
Education finance
The education finance blog was set up to enhance the communication of important information from the finance team to schools.
Budget Preparation 36: Access Budgeting 2023/24 – New Financial Year
Access has informed us that the new Financial Year 2023/24 will soon be available for use in the Access Budgeting software. This is due for […]
Funding 72: Additional Capital Funding for 2022/23 – Energy Efficiency
Eligible schools and sixth-form colleges will receive an allocation from an additional £447 million of capital funding to improve energy efficiency in 2022 to 2023. […]
Administration 105: Online Payment providers – Bank Sort Code change
If you are using an online payment system please check the bank details on your site and ensure that DCC’s bank sort code reads 20 […]
Budget Preparation 35: NJC and Teacher Pay Scales – Optional update in Access Budgeting for 2022-23
Access Budgeting has just been updated with the latest NJC and Teacher pay scales, which can now be applied via an optional update. The updates […]
Funding 71: Split Site Eligibility
As part of this year’s authority proforma tool (APT) data collection (2023 to 2024), the local authority will be required to complete data on schools […]
Monitoring & Reporting 78: Autumn Term FRS Deadline
Please be informed that the Autumn Term FRS reports are due for submission on or before the 16th of December 2022. Please let the team […]
Monitoring & Reporting 77: Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS) 2022 – 23
Ideally you should be already well underway with the completion of this year’s SFVS return. Thank you to those that have already submitted their signed […]
Governance & Compliance 82: Confused by Employment Status? Surgeries now available to book.
Please see the following communication from the Employment Status Team regarding upcoming Surgeries. Confused by Employment Status? Surgeries now available to book. When a contractor does […]
Administration 104: Updated Extended Services Financial Plan Now Available
An update has been made to the Extended Services Financial Plan Excel spreadsheet. It can be accessed via the following link on the Education Finance […]