Managing school finances is one of the most complex and time-consuming tasks for any school or academy, especially with the legal complexities and strict regulations that surround it.
Our School Finance Team are here to support you with this by providing trusted financial support and advice, helping you ensure the best use of your budget and resources. We are a dedicated team of friendly, professionally qualified staff with many years’ experience of working with schools and academies along with a proven track record of providing comprehensive support, advice, guidance and training covering all aspects of managing your school’s finances.
The principles of financial management may be standard, but we recognise that the skills, knowledge and experience of those managing them are not. Our support is tailored to meet your needs. As well as covering your statutory requirements, we also offer a range of sold services.
Our Basic financial support package* includes:
*Please note the basic financial support package is currently only available to LA maintained schools, although the Budget Planner may be purchased separately.
We offer a variety of training courses throughout the year for new and more experienced staff. The courses normally available, and months in which they usually take place, include:
We will also prepare new training courses whenever there are substantial changes to accounting or reporting regulations or new financial reports are required by the DfE.
The NCC Internal Audit service for schools was combined with the School Finance Team on 1st April 2019. We now provide an independent and supportive audit service delivered by professionally qualified and highly experienced staff.
All primary and special schools are required to have an audit of their financial controls and procedures every five years, and secondary schools every three years. We will create a suggested contract in the S4S portal for all schools due for an audit this coming year.
Schools converting to academy receive strategic support from the School Finance team for closing the accounts of the maintained school and advice on finalising their old financial system.
Academies can then purchase ongoing support by the day or half day as required or in the form of a bursar service.
Our Budget Planner is also available for academies to purchase.
"I have worked with the NCC Finance team for over 4 years. The support and guidance they provide is second to none and the help they offer is always of the highest quality. The team are always exceptionally friendly and extremely knowledgeable in their field of expertise. All the courses I have attended have been run to a very high standard, touching on the key areas we need to run the school finances affectively. They have and still remain a huge support network for me and Misson School." Julie Mitchell, Office Manager, Misson Primary School
"The NCC School Finance Team always provide outstanding service. The Team are professional, conscientious, they do everything they can to make sure that you are supported throughout all the financial challenges schools are faced with. I cannot recommend them highly enough, quite simply the best at what they do." Karen Kelley, Office Manager, Manor Park Infant School and Nursery
Aaron Connor or Rachel Livesey
0115 977 2211
cyp.finance@nottscc.gov.uk