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An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.
Information for academy trusts to complete their accounts return.
A planner showing key dates for payments, publications and academy actions, for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Benchmark your income and expenditure against another school or trust.
Information outlining good practice in academy trust financial management and assurance.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes.
This page helps you compare different FMS providers so your academy trust is able to choose a provider who will enable you to automate your financial returns to DfE.
Benchmarking allows you to check how your finances compare with other similar schools or multi-academy trusts.
Guide and links to further information about financial returns academy trusts submit to the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Guidance for local authorities on the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) DSG management plan
Guidance for academy trusts looking to provide employees with the option to enter a salary sacrifice for electric vehicles
Information on leasing activities for maintained schools, including the international financial reporting standard (IFRS 16 leases) introduced on 1 April 2024.
Guidance for academy trusts declaring or seeking approval for related party transactions (RPTs).
Guidance for local authorities on how to complete the section 151 officer return and the schools financial value standard assurance statement for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
Sources of training and support for school business professionals in schools, trusts and other organisations.
Guide to help academy trusts and diocesan users submit their land and buildings collection tool to the ESFA.
How organisations can bid for contracts as a consortium, including the relevant requirements set out in the invitation to tender (ITT).
Framework outlining the knowledge, skills and behaviours that chief executive officers need to effectively lead a large trust.
Guidance for academy trusts and auditors to complete their accounts return.
How the Department for Education uses progress and spending data to calculate an efficiency metric for schools in England.
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