We are committed to effective and transparent financial management and take all necessary steps to ensure we comply fully with our obligations under the Academies
Financial Handbook.
We are also governed by the Department for Education's Academies
Financial Handbook and various pieces of legislation relating to both schools and charities.
We follow the Department for Education's Academies
Financial Handbook to ensure that the public money we are entrusted with is spent as fairly and efficiently as possible, and to the maximum benefit of our students.
In performing the above functions, the trustees must also ensure they comply with the MAT's articles of association, provisions of the master and supplemental funding agreements, Academies
Financial Handbook, duties and responsibilities of a company director and charity trustee as set out in the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.
The accounting officer and a principal finance officer — both requirements of the academies
financial handbook.
«Our severance payments are subject to both internal and external audit, and we are satisfied, as is the EFA [Education Funding Agency], that our decisions are in line with the Academies
Financial Handbook and represent value for money.»
The government's
financial handbook for academies, published in July, warned academy trustees that they must «ensure their decision about levels of executive pay follow a robust evidence - based process», and said leaders» pay must be «reflective of the individual's role and responsibilities».
The report said: «This is indicative of a poor financial control environment and leaves them susceptible to the risk of fraud and error and also puts them in breach of their responsibilities under the funding agreement and the Academies
Financial handbook.»
The trust must now provide a «robust» deficit recovery plan and produce an action plan to ensure it complies with
the financial handbook.
The findings breach a string of regulations, including the Academies
Financial Handbook, Charity Commission and academies accounting rules, and trustee guidelines.
The investigation found the trust had failed to retain any form of free school meal eligibility evidence for a period of six years — breaching the Academies
Financial Handbook.
The board of trustees, or governors, shoulder this crucial obligation and must ensure academy funds are used in accordance with the law, its articles of association, funding agreement and the Academies
Financial Handbook (AFH).
«I have now reviewed the position further and I am pleased to inform you that I am content that the conditions are all met and that I am satisfied that the trust has in place the required financial controls and processes to comply with the requirements of the funding agreement and academies
financial handbook.»
Ms Baldwin also pointed to a «lack of policies and procedures» to «ensure public funds are protected and to secure best value for those funds», and said there had been «a significant number» of breaches of the academies
financial handbook relating to a «lack of recruitment, independence checks, risk management and internal controls».
An Independent Reporting Accountants» Assurance Report found IAT had a related party transaction with Interserve Investments Limited and Wootton Education Ltd which didn't comply with the Academies
Financial Handbook and had not sought approval from EFA as required when it entered into a credit agreement for purchasing insurance.
Trobe suggested the rules in the academies
financial handbook could be changed so schools have to follow sound procurement processes when deciding on related - party services.
The academies
financial handbook already says any contentious transactions must be run past the ESFA first, Trobe pointed out.
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) lays out the financial requirements of academies in the Academies
Financial Handbook.
Pamela Tuckett, a partner at the accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, warned that some trusts «don't think» to check strict financial rules in the academies
financial handbook, and admitted that some governors lack the «genuine expertise» to ensure they don't unwittingly break the rules.
For academies, their funding agreement sets out the arrangements to be followed as a condition of receiving grant and refers to the need for them to comply with the requirements of the Academies
Financial Handbook.
The Academies
Financial Handbook issued by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) puts the spotlight on, amongst other things, the need for a finance officer to ensure resources are properly accounted for and managed in an academy.
The Educational Funding Agency's
Financial Handbook for Academies, which comes into play in September, focuses on the financial requirements for academies for the upcoming academic year.
Paragraph 3.8.1 of the Academies
Financial Handbook clearly states that academy trusts must seek and obtain prior written approval from EFA for acquiring a freehold of land or buildings.»
The Financial Handbook for Academies is issued by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and applies to all academy trusts and free schools.
Increasingly
the Financial Handbook for Academies is becoming not just a source of helpful guidance but a rule book for the industry — and of course for accountants working with academy trusts.
However, a spokesman for Bright Tribe has told the Observer that the academy is «in compliance with the Academies
Financial Handbook».
The Academies
Financial Handbook of 2014 required a trust's internal control framework to include preparation of timely monthly management accounts (including income and expenditure reports on an accruals basis, cash flow forecasts and balance sheets as appropriate).
The letter did thank Robinson for appointing a new accounting officer in April 2016, but also cautioned that there were a number of further instances of non-compliance with the Academies
Financial Handbook, including failing to publish on its website relevant business and pecuniary interests of members, trustees, local governors and accounting officers.
In particular, we welcome the recommendation that the department should tighten the rules in the next version of the Academies
Financial Handbook, expected in July 2018, to prevent academies from entering into related party transactions without approval from ESFA.
The Academies
Financial Handbook places emphasis on the need for the accounting officer to manage carefully relationships with connected parties to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest and to ensure that restrictions placed on trade that can be undertaken by academy trusts with connected parties are complied with.
✓ Dealing with other important financial and accounting requirements to comply with legislation, the Academies
Financial Handbook and the terms of the Funding Agreement
School business managers will be familiar with this requirement under their own local authority's schools financial manual or the Academies
Financial Handbook.
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financial health and growth, as outlined in the Employee
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Maryland noted that «teachers are provided with information about how their benefits accrue over time,» citing the Comprehensive Annual
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6.28.16 APPROVED Agenda Approval of Minutes Approval of 4/26/2016 Minutes President's Report ACES Project Update, Change Orders Proposed TAS Board Meeting Calendar 2016 - 2017 Finance Committee Report Operating Budgets and Cash Flow 2016 - 2019
Financial Statement for 11 months ending May 31, 2016 Fiscal Policy and Procedures
Handbook Staff Reports LAUSD Oversight Ratings Summary TAS Responses to LAUSD Oversight Ratings Summary Errors, Challenges to LAUSD Oversight ACES LCAP 2016 - 2019 TAS LCAP 2016 - 2019 WAHS LCAP 2016 - 2019 ACES SPSA 2016 - 2017 ACES SPSA Abbreviated 2016 - 2017 TAS K. 8 SPSA 2016 - 2017 TAS SPSA Abbreviated 2016 - 2017 WAHS SPSA 2016 - 2017 WAHS SPSA abbreviated 2016 - 2017 ACES 2016 - 2017 Calendar TAS - WAHS Calendar 2016 - 17 Curriculum Processes / Textbook Adoption Process Expulsion Readmission into Lottery Process
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handbook.
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Financial Aid
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