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What the Spending Review 2025 Means for School Budgets

At School Business Services, we’ve reviewed the government's full Spending Review 2025 and pulled together the key takeaways and what they mean for your budget planning over the next few years.

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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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SBS Coffee Club CPD Webinars
Company News

Posted on 1st March 2023

SBS Coffee Club CPD Webinars

We're delivering a series of Coffee Club CPD Webinars. An informal way to gain must-have insight into current school business management practices.

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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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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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We're speaking at The National MAT Conference 2022
Company News

Posted on 16th February 2022

We're speaking at The National MAT Conference 2022

We're speaking at The National MAT Conference 2022 with Premier Advisory Group

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National Insurance Rates 2021/22
Financial Planning

Posted on 17th February 2021

National Insurance Rates 2021/22

This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The National Insurance rates for 2021/22 have now been released by the HMRC. As in previous years, t...

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New Academy Chart of Accounts 2019
Financial Planning

Posted on 27th June 2019

New Academy Chart of Accounts 2019

We have since released an update for SBS Online customers → The Government have released a new standardised Academy Chart of Accounts. The standardised Academy Chart of Accounts is for Budget C...

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Top tips for school staffing budget
Financial Planning

Posted on 30th January 2019

Top tips for school staffing budget

Here at SBS Online, we know just how important efficient Staffing Budgeting is. Therefore, we have been thinking about staffing tips to make your life easier! With the new Superannuation proposal f...

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Summer Term update from the SBS Finance & Business team
Finance

Posted on 19th April 2018

Summer Term update from the SBS Finance & Business team

We hope the new term has started well and the sun is shining where you are. Below is a quick round-up of finance & business news for your school. As ever, if you have any questions regarding any of ...

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Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th January 2018

Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018

This weekend we have released updated values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2018. The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news abo...

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Happy New Year from the SBS Finance & Business team!
Finance

Posted on 4th January 2018

Happy New Year from the SBS Finance & Business team!

It was lovely to see that 130 people are on the Department of Education 2018 New Year Honours list. Particularly rewarding to see many Governors and several School Business and Office staff being re...

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National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018

Posted on 4th December 2017

National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018

National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018 The Government have announced that with effect from 1 April 2018 the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) will increase. The Natio...

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