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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…
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.
Choosing the right management information system (MIS) has the potential…
Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes.
Guidance for the view my financial insights (VMFI) tool, which provides users with insights into the financial position and performance of schools.
Benchmark your income and expenditure against another school or trust.
Benchmarking allows you to check how your finances compare with other similar schools or multi-academy trusts.
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.
This page helps you compare different FMS providers so your academy trust can choose a provider who will enable you to automate your financial returns to DfE.
Guidance for local authorities on the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) DSG management plan
Information for academies, colleges, private training providers and employer providers on receipt of ESFA funding to help them identify potential fraud.
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.
Important dates for payments, publications, and local authority actions in the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
How state boarding schools should charge for the boarding provision they offer.
Information for schools highlighting the potential benefits of curriculum planning to achieve greater financial efficiency.
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 the view my financial insights (VMFI) tool which provides users with insights into the financial position and performance of schools.
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