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School finance
Guidance for managing budgets, costs and funding covering academy conversion, public duties claims, statutory information and VAT.
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We provide a free statutory service to help and support maintained schools with finances including:
- calculating delegated funding
- monitoring budgets including the use of accumulated balances
- challenging and supporting those in financial difficulties
- supporting consistent financial reporting (CFR)
To find out more about how we help schools manage finances download our Essex scheme for financing schools - Financial year 2023/2024 document (Word, 228KB).