Blogs & Updates
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Practical budget setting tips
March 19 2024
It’s a crucial time in the budget setting cycle for both academy trusts and maintained schools.
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Latest ESFA Updates: Academy Trust Handbook & Trust Quality Descriptions
July 07 2023
As you will no doubt be aware, yesterday (6th July 2023) the ESFA published the latest Academy Trust Handbook (ATH).
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View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
March 11 2022
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
February 01 2022
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of a change for statutory academy returns.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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...
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GAG allocations guide 2021/22
February 02 2021
The ESFA have this week released a guide on the General Annual Grant (GAG) allocations for 2021/22.
Each academy receives a GAG allocation statement, which is uploaded to the ESFA’s Information Exc...
Welcome back! ESFA submission dates for 2021
January 08 2021
First of all, welcome back! No sooner are we back, we are in another lockdown.
Fingers crossed this won’t be for long and we will back in schools in no time. As we return after the Christmas break...
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