Blogs & Updates
Bridging the Funding Gap: How Schools Can Sustain Labour’s Free Breakfast Club Initiative
February 14 2025
We discuss the financial challenges schools face with Labour’s free breakfast club initiative and how SBS Financial Planner can help MATs and schools navigate the funding shortfall through scenario planning, cost-benefit analysis, and budget reallocation.
Achieving Efficiency Savings for Schools
January 22 2025
Practical Steps for Schools after Government recommendation to make 2% efficiency savings and optimise their budgets.
Maximising School Budgets: Insights from the IFS Report 2024-2025
January 21 2025
Insights from the IFS Report and Practical Solutions for schools and Trusts to manage their budget with SBS Financial Planner
How the UK Budget 2025-26 Will Impact Schools and Education
November 12 2024
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.
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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Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards
December 14 2021
We all know that pay awards never go through on the dates you expect them to/budget for.
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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).
April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales update
March 07 2019
This blog demonstrates how SBS Online users can apply the April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales migration to their Custom Scales.
With the complete restructure of Support Scales that’s taking place...
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