The following tasks are due on or before 31st March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n All current Schools Mutual Fund members will be assumed to continue their existing memberships into 2025\/26. For academy school members, please provide FTE data as requested below. Maintained school members are not required to complete this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Request to join Schools Mutual Fund in 2025-26: Join Schools Mutual Fund<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Request to amend existing Schools Mutual Fund membership: Amend Membership<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Request to leave Schools Mutual Fund: Leave Schools Mutual Fund<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Schools Mutual Fund calculator for 2025-26 is available via the following link: Mutual Fund – Support for schools (devon.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n ACTION (Non-Maintained schools only):<\/strong> We will require all current Devon Non-Maintained (Academies\/Free Schools) members to complete the online staffing form with your January 2024 Payroll data to allow a charge to be processed for the 2025-26 membership year: Non-Maintained Staffing Figures Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Form to be completed by 31st March 2025 to enable your membership to continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Should you have any further queries, please let us know via our team mailbox: financeschoolsmutualfund-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Schools will have now received payments relating to claims made during 2024-25, this includes both the initial 50% paid just after the claim is originally made, then the final portion of the claim at the end of the financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the significant number of claims received during 2024-25, it has been necessary to reduce the payment of the second half of the claim by 45%, providing a total claim amount paid to schools of approximately 82.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMutual Fund 2024-25<\/h4>\n\n\n\n