The Department for Education has announced an accompanying funding to the Teachers’ Pension Grant, being a Supplementary Fund. Schools will be able to apply to the fund if their grant allocation falls short of their actual pension cost increase between September 2019 and March 2020 by more than 0.05% of their overall budget for this Continue reading →
Month: July 2019
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General 133: Press Release from Education Funding Collaboration Group
Please see attached press release from the Education Funding Collaboration Group, which includes f40, NEU, NAHT and ASCL, about the funding we all believe should be set aside for schools up to 2022/23. It is the first time the groups have come together to agree funding figures and is the result of several months of Continue reading →
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Governance & Compliance 63: 19/20 Summer FRS Reports
The 19/20 summer FRS reports are due in from all maintained schools to the Local Authority on or before the end of the summer term. Please make sure that these have been submitted using Anycomms via the ‘Finance Information’ community. Please note that following discussions with Scomis and Capita it would appear that the new Continue reading →
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General 132: Cheque Processing – Revenue
Revenue have moved to new cheque reading and imaging scanning software. This is to automate and speed up the cheque deposit process and eliminate fraud. If you are sending cheques to Revenue, please adhere to the following guidelines – as the reading and scanning software is very sensitive. Where cheques are being rejected by the Continue reading →
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General 131: Unallocated Income from Ilsham English Hub – is it yours?
Revenue have a number of income transactions for £250 from Ilsham English Hub, but are unable to identify the beneficiary schools – as the remittance advices have been requested to be sent direct to the school. If you have a remittance advice for one of these payments please forward to dccremit@devon.gov.uk. For future reference, this Continue reading →
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General 130: Project Bids for Invest to Save Summer 2019
Devon Education Forum (DEF) and School Finance Group (SFG) are inviting project bids to a time limited fund. The project bid will focus on work within SEND with the intention of improving practice in the SEND system across schools and settings. The improvements should have positive outcomes for young people and lead to efficiencies in Continue reading →