Blogs & Updates
Academy Year-End Preparation
July 12 2024
Academy Year-End Preparation, a checklist and general advice to school staff
Academies chart of accounts 2024-25 update
June 18 2024
The ESFA have today published the Academies Chart of Accounts for 2024-25
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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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Latest ESFA Updates: Academy Trust Handbook & Trust Quality Descriptions
July 07 2023
As you will no doubt be aware, yesterday (6th July 2023) the ESFA published the latest Academy Trust Handbook (ATH).
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View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
March 11 2022
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of the View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
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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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Some ESFA updates to be aware of - RFDC, apprenticeship levy, recruitment...
October 05 2021
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of the new information available from the ESFA.
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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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