Congratulations! You're one step closer to bossing your budgets

This guide takes you through...

• Key stages of the school budget preparation process
• Gives you practical advice for better planning
• Provides hints and tips for more accurate forecasting

Procuring back-office education software but don’t know where to begin? In this guide, we cover everything you need to create the perfect tender document.

Our guide looks at: 

• The importance of planning and most common budgeting mistakes
• Key tips for budgeting your staffing costs
• Key recruitment tips 
• Keeping costs under control and what budgeting tools are available to help 

The positive impact behind a comprehensive, robust budgeting process can be financial, reputational and educationally beneficial. Schools and trusts that have control over their budgeting process can focus on wider school objectives around teaching, attainment and student wellbeing. 

Funding is becoming tighter, and finances are being squeezed. You’re expected to do more with the same – or even less. With staffing costs making up around 80% of an average school’s expenditure, balancing the budget while focusing on a broad and balanced curriculum is an ongoing challenge.