Blogs & Updates

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.
Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding
  November 22 2021
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of some useful information available from the DfE's Education Hub blog.
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.
Some DfE updates to be aware of - additional funding for your school
  September 24 2021
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of the new information available from .Gov.uk about additional funding for your school.
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).
Academies Accounts Return
  April 21 2021
A small update to make you aware of concerning the academies accounts return.
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.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund
  March 12 2021
The ESFA have released guidance on how you can claim eligible costs related to staff absences during the period 1st November 2020 to 31st December 2020.
New RM Finance Housekeeping Course
  March 10 2021
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to provide RM finance users with general housekeeping skills.
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...