How unfair is school funding? Fairer funding for schools has long been a thorny issue, particularly in rural areas, like the Westcountry, which seem to come off worse in the allocations. It does, however, finally seem as if progress is being made, with the Government recognising that the current system is unfair and taking [...]
The latest version of the Academies Financial Handbook, continues the theme of increased scrutiny towards governance, that has been ongoing for the past few years. This follows on from changes made by Ofsted to place a greater emphasis on governance during inspections. The key changes Clarification that a financial notice to improve can [...]
Academies Accounts Direction 2015 - Now Released! The Academies Accounts Direction 2015 is hot off the press. This year we have the added complication of 2 different versions, following the release of a new Charities SORP. New academy trusts whose date of incorporation falls on or after 1 January 2015 must use the [...]
Queen’s Speech renews academies drive Academisation Last week we saw the first Queen’s Speech of a new parliament for almost 10 years and with it a raft of legislation totalling 26 bills. Amongst the headline grabbing backdrop of the EU Referendum Bill and the promise of more devolution for Scotland, was the new [...]
Telford Co-operative Multi Academy Trust loses control of all four of its schools Following four woeful Ofsted inspection reports across all of its schools, Telford Co-operative Multi Academy Trust (MAT) has passed over leadership to the Community Academies Trust, a nearby MAT consisting of 6 schools. Ofsted inspected all four [...]
Summer term academy deadlines 31 May EOYC to be submitted to Teachers Pensions 31 May March accounts return to be submitted to the EFA 31 May Deadline to submit accounts to Companies House 31 July Budget forecast return to be submitted to the EFA Teachers Pensions Due date for filing: 31 May The [...]
The importance of good governance Good governance is becoming increasing important for academy schools. More notices to improve are being issued and some schools are continuing to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Furthermore, the Department for Education (DfE) have shown they are willing to take a hard-line where necessary and only [...]
Should you join a MAT? In his recent letter to all Academy School Heads, the School Commissioner has now confirmed, the long held suspicion, that academies are being encouraged to join together into groups in a formal way, predominantly as Multi Academy Trusts (MATs). MATs have been highly successful, providing the obvious benefit [...]
£1m to help recruit high-calibre governors A new £1m fund has been announced by schools minister, Lord Nash to try and bring more highly-skilled governors into schools (see original announcement here). The funding is intended to support a new partnership between SGOSS - Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers Taskforce, to recruit [...]
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