Blogs & Updates
The Next 5 Years
May 11 2015
The country's views have been heard, and for the next 5 years education in England will be developed in line with Conservative policies. Over the last 6 weeks or so the following statements have been ...
May the Fourth Be With You!
May 04 2015
This blog is being published on ‘Star Wars Day’. In a few days’ time our opinion will be sought on which empire returns to No. 10 and whether the new government will be a clone of the last. But ...
Easter Shorts
April 13 2015
To ease you back after the Easter break – this week’s blog highlights a small number of areas that appeared in the last few weeks that you might find interesting and useful. Welcome to Easter Shor...
It’s A Risky Business – But You Can Manage It
March 12 2015
This week it’s not deadlines we draw your attention to but some of the bigger questions about the risks schools face and whether you are in a position to respond to these.
Budget Forecasts
Schools...
National Insurance Changes in 2016 - You can't wait!
February 23 2015
The blog this week focuses on changes to National Insurance in 2016 – while this is some time off, these changes will impact upon all schools significantly.
The Department for Work and Pensions has...
Are you ready for May 8th 2015?
February 12 2015
May the 8th is the day after the next election, when we will know in general terms how education will be funded for the next 5 years. Have you updated your SWOT & PEST to take account of a range o...
Latest news
February 11 2015
During January, we have achieved several improvements to the software.
Improvement 1 – NI effective dates.
Hot on the heels of the salary scale effective dates is a similar roll-out for National I...
Version table effective dates!
January 06 2015
Our focus toward the end of 2014 was to cater for the new set of support salary scales that came into effect as of 1st January 2015.
These new scales are unusual compared to previous, in that differe...
More Post It Notes - Don't Forget
September 24 2014
In the week when a report for Education Select Committee once again questioned controls in Academies, we remind new academies of the actions the EFA expects of them this term, and look in brief at a n...
New Way For Academies To Get Protection
February 10 2014
Update 01/04/20:
Since this blog was published updated information has been provided on the Department for Education website
April is the start of the traditional financial year for many public se...
Finance