Posted on 3rd March 2017
Much To Do In March
After ‘Marching On’ - Hare’s another blog to ensure you are the best informed person in your school on finance and business matters. From The EFA The EFA have reminded academies, that after e...
Posted on 1st March 2017
Marching On!
In this week’s blog we remind you what is in the EFA Planner prior to Easter and look at some changes to business rates and pensions that will come into force shortly. From the EFA Planner Actio...
Posted on 9th February 2017
How to Save £1 Billion
The Department for Education has issued further support to schools and academies to increase the value for money delivered – giving support to save £1 billion a year. We would urge all schools an...
Posted on 30th January 2017
January Update
As academies struggled to submit their AAR by the January deadline here is some news you may have missed. Academy Accounts Return As extensively reported, Peter Lauener has written to all academies p...
Posted on 16th January 2017
Academies Accounts Return
Academies having submitted their Annual Report and Accounts to the EFA by the 31 December 2016, will be aware that they must now submit their Academies Accounts Return by 31 January 2017. The EFA ha...
Posted on 13th January 2017
Gender pay gap reporting webinar
Gender pay gap reporting webinar We uncovered a useful webinar on gender pay gap reporting by XpertHR which might be of interest to a number of academies and independent schools. The aim of the webi...
Posted on 30th November 2016
A Guide to the Apprenticeship Levy
The Apprenticeship Levy is a new government initiative announced in the 2015 Summer Budget that will come into force from April 2017. It is in effect a payroll tax that will apply to large organisati...
Posted on 22nd November 2016
On The Horizon
With the first named storm of the year having rolled across the horizon, in this week’s blog we look at a number of issues set to impact on schools. Future School Funding The National Union of Te...
Posted on 4th November 2016
Governance and Financial Healthchecks
Academy Accounting Officers will have received a letter from the CEO of the Education Funding Agency, Peter Lauener, reminding them of the principles that those holding public office should adhere to...
Posted on 24th October 2016
Departmental News
The DfE/EFA have released information that Senior Leaders and Governors will want to consider. Condition Improvement Fund Academies and sixth-form colleges can apply to the Education Funding Agency...
Posted on 19th October 2016
October News Update
The first half term of the new school year draws to a close. Checking the timetable for 2016/2017, there are a number of important events happening in the coming weeks – here is a reminder. Prim...
Posted on 29th September 2016
On Your To Do List?
So what else do you have to do? School census, year-end accounts, budget preparations (with increased costs from the apprenticeship levy and increases in pension rates), cyber security! Help is at ha...