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Welcome to the NGA Finance section. Here we cover a number of finance related topics that are aimed at informing and helping governors and trustees perform their role effectively.
In addition to the links below, governors and trustees are strongly encouraged to read documents produced by the Department for Education (DfE) and Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). GOV.UK have provided a list of governmental financial publications for schools.
Some particularly useful sources of external information include technical data on school funding arrangements (for 2016-17 and 2018-19), revenue funding and a financial efficiency toolkit. Specific information for academies include the Academies Financial Handbook, guidance on academies financial assurance and information on countering fraud in academies.
Academies financial notices to improve
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Financial effectiveness and efficiency
Charging for activities - what schools can and cannot ask parents to pay for
Education Funding Agency training - The role of the school governor
Exploring income generation in schools
Financial Planning
Financial reserves in academies
Guidance for effective financial oversight in Academies
Integrated curriculum and financial planning
Monitoring monthly expenditure
Pensions and academies
Questions for governing boards to ask: Finance
Parental engagement: effective communication
Remote education
Monitoring priorities
The governance of safeguarding: a guide for governing boards
Disadvantaged pupils
Skills audit and skills matrix
COVID-19 Frequently asked questions
Virtual governance
Risk management
NGA guidance: Using Analyse School Performance - ASP (2018)
Taking the Next Step
Guidance: Federations Q&A (2016)
Charging and remissions policy
The school estate, buildings and grounds
Questions for governing boards to ask: curriculum
Continuity and recovery plans
The Apprenticeship Levy
Support available to help the governing board prepare for an inspection
Inspiring Governance: New Governor/Trustee Helpline
Timpson Review of School Exclusion released
New Governance Handbook and Competency Framework released today
Ofsted assesses the state of school governance
Future Leaders Trust launches campaign to find new headteachers
Lord Agnew praises impact of school governance professionals
NGA joins unions and associations in issuing joint statement on mass testing rollout
Budget 2016
DfE does not understand the financial pressure facing schools, say MPs
NGA gives evidence to Public Accounts Committee on converting schools to academies
Young Governors' Network Reception
Clerks Advisory Group - London
Community MATs network meeting
Northern Regional Conference
The governing board’s role in school and trust improvement
SEND Advisory Group
The governing boards role in closing the disadvantage gap for pupils
The governing board’s role in promoting diversity and equality in staffing
London and South East Regional Conference
Local Authority Partners Conference
Panel work: reviewing decisions made by the senior executive leader
Chairs 360
Safeguarding - an introduction
Financial oversight in maintained schools
Question and challenge and courageous conversations
Performance management in schools and trusts
Governing groups of schools – the options
Using data in your organisation - for those familiar with school performance measures
Generating income: the governance role
Financial oversight in MATs