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A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
Explains the financial health and resource management standards schools need to confirm they have met in the schools financial value standard (SFVS).
The guidance will help schools to complete the schools financial value…
Guidance for the view my financial insights (VMFI) tool which provides users with insights into the financial position and performance of schools.
1. How to sign in Go to the view your education data service and select…
1. Introduction View my financial insights (VMFI) provides users with…
1. Introduction to view my financial insights (VMFI) This section…
An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.
Benchmark your income and expenditure against another school or trust.
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.
Guidance for local authorities on the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) DSG management plan
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.
How the Department for Education uses progress and spending data to calculate an efficiency metric for schools in England.
Important dates for payments, publications, and local authority actions in the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
Information for academies, colleges, private training providers and employer providers on receipt of ESFA funding to help them identify potential fraud.
Guidance for chief finance officers (CFOs) on how to submit the dedicated schools grant (DSG) assurance statement and note to the accounts for the 2022 to 2023 financial year.
Guidance for chief financial officers (CFOs) on how to submit the DSG assurance statement and note to the accounts for the 2021 to 2022 financial year.
Information for local authorities, schools and the general public about local authority education funding and expenditure plans for 2017 to 2018.
How state-funded boarding schools should manage and charge for the boarding provision they offer.
Information for schools highlighting the potential benefits of curriculum planning to achieve greater financial efficiency.
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