Blogs & Updates
Academy Budget Forecast Return - One Becomes Two
March 30 2017
The latest ‘Dear Accounting Officer’ letter from the EFA sets out their plans to replace the Academy Budget Forecast Return, due in July, with two returns.
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Effect of the new Budget on schools
March 15 2017
Effect of the new Budget on schools
A week after the Budget we look at reactions to the announcements affecting the education sector.
Budget Shorts
A number of education reforms were announced in the...
Much To Do In March
March 03 2017
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...
Marching On!
March 01 2017
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...
How to Save £1 Billion
February 09 2017
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...
January Update
January 30 2017
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...
Academies Accounts Return
January 16 2017
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...
Gender pay gap reporting webinar
January 13 2017
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...
A Guide to the Apprenticeship Levy
November 30 2016
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...
On The Horizon
November 22 2016
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...
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