Blogs & Updates
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Budget Forecast Return 2024
April 23 2024
The deadline for this year’s Budget Forecast Return (BFR) is 29th August. Here's our BFR guidance and how SBS can support you.
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Practical budget setting tips
March 19 2024
It’s a crucial time in the budget setting cycle for both academy trusts and maintained schools.
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The BFRO goes, the BFR & BFR3Y are in July
February 01 2022
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of a change for statutory academy returns.
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Here comes the SRMSAT!
January 31 2022
Just 6 weeks away, the SRMSAT deadline sits in mid-March with spring arriving and the summer term looming.
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Now open for submissions! Budget Forecast Return Outturn (BFRO) and BFR3Year return
June 22 2021
Academy trusts are required to submit their Budget Forecast Return Outturn (BFRO) to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
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Five things I know about School Business Leaders
June 07 2021
Minerva is delighted to be a partner for #NationalSBLDay and I thought it was a great opportunity for me to reflect on what it is about SBLs that I love and admire so much.
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SRMSAT Hints & Tips
March 31 2021
With School Resource Management Self-Assessment Tool (SRMSAT) deadline coming up on 15th April, we wanted to give some hints and tips for the submission that may come in handy.
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Update regarding the Budget Forecast Return (BFR) for 2021
February 15 2021
This academic year has been full of deadline and submission amendments and this blog post is no different!
In the latest ESFA update (10th February), it has been announced that for 2021, two academi...
Academies BFRO cancelled
April 23 2020
Update on submitting returns to the ESFA in 2020
In order to ensure effective financial oversight of public funds, Academy Trusts must monitor and manage their own budgets. The Education and Skills...
May Returns
May 12 2017
Not some political prophecy, but a look at this month’s academy returns.
ESFA Returns
Academies are reminded that their Budget Forecast Return – Outturn must be submitted by Friday 19th May. Pe...
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