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Teacher Pay Award 2026: Certainty for Budget Planning, but Questions Remain

The 2026 teacher pay award brings greater certainty for schools and trusts. Explore funding, pension implications, unresolved costs and SBS planning tools.

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Your Summary Notes: CFO & COO INSIDER - Benchmarking & Curriculum-Led Budgeting
Finance

Posted on 11th December 2023

Your Summary Notes: CFO & COO INSIDER - Benchmarking & Curriculum-Led Budgeting

On December 7th we delivered the latest CFO & COO INSIDER - a live, regular discussion about the trust finance topics that matter most.

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Now in force! How to budget for the Teachers Pay Awards
Finance

Posted on 8th November 2023

Now in force! How to budget for the Teachers Pay Awards

The Teachers Pay Award September 2023 has now come into force, as of Friday 3rd November. Here's 5 tips from our Finance & Accounting team.

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SBS Roadshow - autumn term 2023/24
Finance

Posted on 1st September 2023

SBS Roadshow - autumn term 2023/24

Are we headed to your area? School Business Services are scheduling a roadshow for the autumn term.

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Latest ESFA Updates: Academy Trust Handbook & Trust Quality Descriptions
Finance

Posted on 7th July 2023

Latest ESFA Updates: Academy Trust Handbook & Trust Quality Descriptions

As you will no doubt be aware, yesterday (6th July 2023) the ESFA published the latest Academy Trust Handbook (ATH).

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Why choose a 2 year rolling internal scrutiny programme
Finance

Posted on 26th September 2022

Why choose a 2 year rolling internal scrutiny programme

Our recent Internal Scrutiny customers have chosen a 2 year rolling programme for their academy trust. This blog explains why.

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Reforecasting the school budget - teachers pay & energy costs focus
Finance

Posted on 25th August 2022

Reforecasting the school budget - teachers pay & energy costs focus

This blog provides realistic reforecasting guidance for schools to react confidently when expenditure challenges arise, such as rising school energy costs and pay increases.

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Top 3 considerations when assessing the impact of rising costs on your school budget
Finance

Posted on 18th August 2022

Top 3 considerations when assessing the impact of rising costs on your school budget

Advice from the Finance & Accountancy team at School Business Services on how to manage the impact of rising school energy costs and pay increases.

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SIMS & FMS Spring Release 2022 - Annual Entitlement Keys
Finance

Posted on 25th March 2022

SIMS & FMS Spring Release 2022 - Annual Entitlement Keys

The upcoming SIMS & FMS Spring 2022 Release (SIMS Version 7.204) will include an Annual Entitlement check built into the SIMS & FMS Applications.

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View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
Finance

Posted on 11th March 2022

View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool

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
Finance

Posted on 1st February 2022

The BFRO goes, the BFR & BFR3Y are in July

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!
Finance

Posted on 31st January 2022

Here comes the SRMSAT!

Just 6 weeks away, the SRMSAT deadline sits in mid-March with spring arriving and the summer term looming.

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Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding
Finance

Posted on 22nd November 2021

Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding

We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of some useful information available from the DfE's Education Hub blog.

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