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Education finance
The education finance blog was set up to enhance the communication of important information from the finance team to schools.
Budget Preparation 47: Transfer of 0.5% from Schools Block to High Needs Block 2025-26 – SBS Calculator Update
Please find an update regarding the School Budget Share for 2025-26, recently published via the School Leadership Update: Schools were consulted at the end of […]
Administration 155: Reminder – Schools Mutual Fund 2025-26 Questionnaire
A reminder to schools who are members of the Schools Mutual Fund to please complete the Mutual Fund questionnaire by tomorrow, 14th February 2025. This […]
Governance & Compliance 88: Annual P11D return to HMRC 2024/25
Annual P11D return to HMRC- your response is required The annual P11D expenses and benefits questionnaire is now available via the following webpage: P11D – […]
Administration 154: Schools Mutual Fund 2025-26
Following the recent decision to continue the Schools Mutual Fund into 2025-26, where we confirmed that the 2024-25 current premium and reimbursement rates will still […]
Budget Preparation 46: 2025-26 Revised Provisional School Budget Share Calculators – Now Available
Please be aware that updated provisional School Budget Share Calculators have now been published for Financial Year 2025/26. These have been released following the finalisation […]
Monitoring & Reporting 93: Access Budget Questions
We are currently working with Access Education to ensure both the quality of the product and the user experience for Devon Schools. Part of this […]
Monitoring & Reporting 92: Access School Budget Plans 2025/26
The School Finance Team is working closely with colleagues at Access Education to to develop a quality platform for maintained schools to enter their budget […]
Administration 153: National Tutoring Programme closure – Final opportunity for schools to query 23/24 recovery amounts
Following the recoveries, all maintained schools have a final opportunity to query the amount recovered and provide data to the ESFA to request a refund. […]
Administration 152: Minimum content for a Management Partnership
If you are considering entering into a Management Partnership/SLA/school support arrangement where a maintained school is paying for support from another school, federation or Trust, […]