School finance

Guidance for managing budgets, costs and funding covering academy conversion, public duties claims, statutory information and VAT.

Secure area guidance and tools

Most of our guidance and tools are available in our secure area and include the following:

  • latest information - links to latest website content and news items
  • finance tools - to help with budget planning and monitoring
  • general guidance - covering bank accounts, CFR and school ledger codes
  • internal audit and counter-fraud guidance
  • late returns lists - showing if we’ve received school returns on time
  • school funding guidance - covering allocations and the Essex funding formula
  • schools returns guidance and forms
  • school procurement guidance - covering copyright, leasing and other procurement issues and services
  • useful contacts - lists of contact to help you resolve specific financial queries

All our school finance information is available in our secure area.

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