Blogs & Updates

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.
Practical budget setting tips
  March 19 2024
It’s a crucial time in the budget setting cycle for both academy trusts and maintained schools.
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.
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).