Budgets
2025-26 School budgets
Cash advance requests
Maintained schools requiring a cash advance should complete all sections of the cash advance template (link is external) and send it via email to the schools accountancy team SchoolsAccountancyServices@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail)
School deficit recovery plan
If you are setting a deficit budget for 2025-26, please complete the deficit recovery plan template (link is external) and deficit agreement proforma (link is external). (Login to view)
Once completed, please email both documents to Richard Cox rcox001@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) and copy in Kim Price KPrice@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) for checking.
Budget allocations
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- Indicative schools block allocations 2025-26 (link is external) (excel)
Please note: This version corrects the de-delegation rates for maintained secondary schools. - Cover letter indicative allocations 2025-26 (link is external) from Kim Price (pdf)
Grant allocations, conditions and guidance
Local authority schools funding (link is external)
Guidance, allocations and conditions of grant for pre-16 schools funding.
This will then be submitted to the strategic director resources for approval.
2024-25 School budgets
2024/25 year end closing of accounts finance return templates
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- 2024-25 Closing of accounts notes (link is external)
- 2024-25 School balance form (link is external)
- 2024 25 T3 School finance upload template (link is external)
- 2024-25 T3 Accruals template (link is external)
- 2024-25 T3 School external payroll upload (link is external)
- 2024-25 T3 Supporting documents (link is external)
- 2024-25 T3 Finance return front sheet (link is external)
- 2024-25 Year end additional information (link is external)
- 2024-25 Letter bank account access for Ealing auditors (link is external)
Grant payments to date
Grant payments third quarter 2024-25 (link is external)(excel) Note to schools: Early years and high needs payments have been updated.
April to December 2024 (please note to avoid confusion the Jan ISB, PPG and 6th form funding has not been included).
Grant payments second quarter 2024-25 (link is external) (excel)
Grant allocations, conditions and guidance
PE and sport premium for primary schools (link is external) (GOV.UK) How much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2024 to 2025 and advice on how to spend it.
School capital funding guidance (link is external) (GOV.UK) An overview of school capital funding, who it's for, current and past allocations, how it's calculated and spending guidance.
Budget monitoring return
Here is the school budget monitoring return template 2024-25 (link is external). Once completed, please email this to schoolsaccountancyservices@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) by 25 October 2024. Guidance is available on the spreadsheet, under tab 1.
Please use the following naming convention on your email header and return: [Name of school] budget monitoring 24-25. For example, Perivale budget monitoring 24-25
2024/25 Term 2 finance return templates
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- 2024-25 T2 finance return front sheet (link is external)
- 2024-25 T2 school external payroll upload (link is external)
- 2024-25 T2 school finance upload template (link is external)
- 2024-25 T2 supporting documents template (link is external)
Deadline to return Friday 6 December 2024
2024/25 Term 1 finance return templates
- 2024-25 T1 finance return front sheet (link is external)
- 2024-25 T1 school external payroll upload (link is external)
- 2024-25 T1 school finance upload template (link is external)
- 2024-25 T1 supporting documents (link is external)
Budget returns
Here is the budget return template 2024–25 (link is external), includes baseline funding update. Guidance is available on the spreadsheet, under tab 1. Once completed, please email this to schoolsaccountancyservices@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) by Friday 17 May 2024.
Budget allocations
- Detailed indicative school budget allocations 2024-25 (link is external) (xls)
- Final schools block allocations 2024-25 (link is external) (excel)
- Cover letter indicative allocations 2024-25 (link is external) from Kim Price (pdf)
Cash advance requests
Maintained schools requiring a cash advance should complete all sections of the cash advance template (link is external) and send it via email to the schools accountancy team SchoolsAccountancyServices@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail)
School deficit recovery plan
If you are setting a deficit budget for 2024/25, please complete the deficit recovery plan template (link is external) and deficit agreement proforma (link is external). (Login to view)
Once completed, please email both documents to Kamaljit Kaur kaurka@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) and copy in Kim Price KPrice@ealing.gov.uk (link sends e-mail) for checking.
This will then be submitted to the strategic director resources for approval.
For previous years go the the budgets archive section
