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 information for 2025/26 and ensure a fully-functional product for our schools.
The 2025/26 financial year is expected to go live Mid March 2025. This is later that in previous years and the change is being made to prioritise the quality of the product and the data available for schools. As per our post on the 16th of December, the deadline for submitting a budget has been extended from the 1st of May to a new submission window of no earlier than the 1st June and no later than the 30th June.
Access Budgeting Timeline
- APT agreed by DfE on or before 28th February 2025
- Access Budgeting Team to receive APT file 28th February 2025
- Education & Learning Team product testing phase early March 2025
- Go-live for Access Budget plans expected mid-March 2025