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How the UK Budget 2025-26 Will Impact Schools and Education

Discover how the UK Budget 2025-26 impacts schools in England and Wales. Get the full breakdown for school leaders on budget changes and funding allocations.

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Summer update - Outturn reporting
Financial Planning

Posted on 28th July 2016

Summer update - Outturn reporting

Our latest release provides further improvements to SBS Online: Outturn reporting We have added a new feature to show the previous year’s outturn. Simply go to ‘Settings > Budgets’, click ...

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Summer Update - Improved Budget Monitoring
Financial Planning

Posted on 11th July 2016

Summer Update - Improved Budget Monitoring

Our latest release includes a new budget monitoring report, several more improvements to SBS Online and some minor bug fixes. Budget Profile report This new report works in conjunction with your bud...

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Support staff pay scales 2016 - latest news
Financial Planning

Posted on 5th May 2016

Support staff pay scales 2016 - latest news

Just a quick update with regards to the support staff pay scales for 2016. You may well be aware of this, but for those of you who are not, we hope that this proves useful. In March, two of the recogn...

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Budget, and so much more
Finance

Posted on 22nd March 2016

Budget, and so much more

They say a week is a long time in politics. A week ago we had proposals for a national funding formula that meant all schools would be funded direct by the EFA from 2019-2020. In this week’s budget...

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SBS Online releases new Support Salary Scales for 2016 & 2017
Financial Planning

Posted on 21st January 2016

SBS Online releases new Support Salary Scales for 2016 & 2017

A number of our customers have been requesting we look into the pending April Support salary scales. Although yet to be finalised we understand you need to get to grips with your budget as soon as p...

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Setting a new budget?
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th January 2016

Setting a new budget?

We have received a few calls from customers asking to be reminded about how they go about setting up a new budget for the new year. Remember you can create a new budget for the new year whilst still ...

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SBS Online update! KPIs & Analysis Tags
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th August 2015

SBS Online update! KPIs & Analysis Tags

Hope you are enjoying some hard-earned time off over the summer! We've released a new SBS Online update. It contains a range improvements with the two major features being Key Performance Indicators...

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July Budget, Coasting Schools and Teachers Pay
Finance

Posted on 13th July 2015

July Budget, Coasting Schools and Teachers Pay

As another school year draws to a close, we consider the announcements made by the new government and how they might impact on schools and academies next year. July Budget There were no new announceme...

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New Teacher Scales for September 2015
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th July 2015

New Teacher Scales for September 2015

Following the announcement of the new pay scales for teachers from September 2015, we have created two new tables for you to choose between and apply in your budget settings: Teacher Scales – Sept...

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News from the Budget
Finance

Posted on 20th March 2015

News from the Budget

2015 Budget Our friends at PW Payroll Solutions have produced an analysis of the 2015 Budget. See http://www.pwpayrollsolutions.co.uk/news/budget-statement-2015/ I have picked out a few items from...

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National Insurance Changes in 2016 - You can't wait!
Finance

Posted on 23rd February 2015

National Insurance Changes in 2016 - You can't wait!

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...

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Are you ready for May 8th 2015?
Finance

Posted on 12th February 2015

Are you ready for May 8th 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...

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