Whether you are a school, academy or multi-academy trust, we offer a comprehensive range of financial support and advice, including guidance on matters of statutory compliance.
Our experienced and friendly consultants will work with you to understand your requirements and we can tailor our support from a range of services to achieve the best possible outcome for your organisation.
Get support with:
✓ Financial Management and Governance
✓ Policy review and development
✓ Internal and audit review
✓ Integrated Curriculum and financial planning (ICFP)
✓ Financial systems review
✓ Financial procedures
✓ Ensuring compliance
✓ Budget planning, monitoring and reporting
✓ Management of risk
✓ Advice and support for Academy conversion
Financial Compliance for Schools & Academies
Whether you are a Maintained School, an Academy or Multi Academy Trust, the matter of financial compliance and ensuring adherence to the statutory requirements applicable to your institution can be both daunting and overwhelming.
Through our range of financial services we can offer specific guidance and support in the areas of compliance.
Our areas of expertise cover:
• Internal Review and Audit (Responsible Officer) Services
• Management and Governance
• Policy review and development
• Financial systems review and reporting to the Board of Governors or Trustees
• Development and documentation of financial procedures
• Ensuring consistency of school and academy-based practice with DFE, ESFA and Local Authority requirements
• Budget planning, monitoring and reporting
• Management of Risk
• Monthly news on matters of compliance
• Website review
• Advice for Academy converters
Our experienced and friendly consultants will work with you to understand your requirements and tailor our services to ensure the needs of your school or academy are addressed.
ICFP
Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) is not new.
It is now widely promoted as an effective tool for planning and designing a curriculum to meet your pupils’ needs within your available funding.
When faced with declining budgets this has never been more important.
ICFP can been applied to any phase or type of school.
It includes measuring and monitoring key metrics and factors associated with delivering your curriculum, including staffing and resource allocation.
Minimising risk during the pandemic
Throughout the pandemic we have been operating fully and have been busier than ever.
Nobody can know how Covid-19 will affect school life in the months ahead, but we are here to help when you need our support.
Financial matters present significant risk and planning your response is important.
Our finance consultants have many years experience, working at a senior level in schools and can support with planning for the unexpected.
Whether we need to work on the school site or find ways of supporting you remotely, we will work with you to find the right solution to offer you peace of mind.
What our school partners say
“ The support we get from Campion is brilliant. As well as adhering to the many rules and regulations, the advice and guidance received helps us improve our financial capacity. Campion works with schools in different LAs and shares insights that help us save time and money. We have found Campion to be highly effective and consistent over the past 12 years. ”
Headteacher – Bigland Green Primary School
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