Local authority schools financial reporting and assurance

Financial management and efficiency, reporting frameworks, identify potential fraud, assurance guidance.

Guidance and regulation

Benchmark your school鈥檚 financial data
- Detailed guide
- 23 March 2021
- Department for Education
Consistent financial reporting (CFR) framework
- Detailed guide
- 10 April 2025
- Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
Schools financial value standard
- Guidance
- 8 November 2024
- Department for Education
Submit your section 151 officer assurance return and schools financial value standard assurance statement
- Guidance
- 2 May 2025
- Department for Education
Local authorities planning calendar 2025 to 2026
- Guidance
- 7 May 2025
- Department for Education

Changes to the payment process of schools鈥� business rates
- 18 August 2021
- Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 05 May 2021
Financial transparency of LA maintained schools and academy trusts
- 21 July 2020
- Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 30 September 2019
School resource management: building a stronger system
- 8 June 2023
- Department for Education
- Policy paper

Trends in school spending: 2002 to 2016
- 18 December 2018
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Local authority benchmarking tables: 2014 to 2015
- 25 September 2014
- Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency and Department for Education
- Transparency