Essential for all school business managers, bursars and administrators, the School Business Management Hub provides reports on the latest news and policies, guidance on ensuring your school is more cost effective and advice on budget planning. You can also find guidance on legal issues.
Funding for alternative provision is to be moved from local authorities to schools. Colin Smith highlights issues raised by the interim report on how the system is working in its first trial
Are you already working on how to maximise your pupil premium funding next year? Have you discussed how the revised pay progression arrangements coming into force on 1 September will affect your pay policy? These are two items on Josephine Smith’s current to-do list
Linda Evans focuses on ways in which schools can use the pupil premium to achieve high-impact yet low-cost outcomes for children with special educational needs
Cate Hart considers the implications of the new funding formula, and whether it will be the 'fair and transparent' solution that the government is looking for