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The Procurement team is responsible for overseeing all spend within the Trust to ensure that we secure value for money in the services and goods procured from external organisations. Our team is also tasked with implementing the Trust’s Value for Money strategy.
We provide free and impartial advice to schools on all procurement and contract management matters, and offer schools framework agreements for a wide range of goods and services that leverage the buying power of collaborative organisations to achieve economies of scale and savings for schools.
 
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  • Helps schools with their management procedures and controls, short and long-term budget management and planning audit requirements
  • Maintains the Schools Financial Procedures and other guidance documents
  • Provides a quarterly financial monitoring overview to the Board of school spending
  • Reimburses schools for supply costs for nursery nurse and teacher absences
  • Manages a Long Term Sickness schools insurance scheme
  • Provides school bursar services
  • Co-ordinate the schools closure of accounts and financial reporting arrangements each financial year end
  • Provide guidance with setting the budget

The Schools Support Team is available to support schools in meeting the financial standards set out by the DCSF, improve identified areas of weakness and assist schools to understand the importance of robust financial controls.

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Management Accounts Team

  • Budget Setting and Budget Monitoring
  • Monthly Management Accounts to  Executive Team
  • Quarterly  Finance Reports to Board
  • Monthly Value for Money Reports
  • Benchmarking Services &  S52 Reports
  • Systems Maintenance and Support
  • Training Accounts System Users
  • Costing Exercises


The Management Accounting  &  Systems Team plan for the Trusts resources, monitors its usage over the year and communicates current and forecast usage to  Budget on a regular basis. Also, it is responsible for developing the Accounting System, maintaining  suitable controls and providing adequate training for users.  
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Financial AccountsUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
The Financial Accounts Section has several functions such as receipt of money through Accounts Receivable and paying of bills and invoices through Accounts Payable (Payments).  Through Payroll we manage payments of salaries to employees of the organisation.  Maintaining records and making payments of Taxes to the HM Customs and Revenue Department.  It also manages the cash flow of the organisation through Treasury.  It also compliances with the statutory requirements.
 
Produce the Financial Statements of the organisation at the end of each Financial Year and manage the audit process thereon.
Accounts Payable - main contact Darren Macdonald.  dmacdonald@learningtrust.co.uk.
Accounts Receivable - main contact Chris Legg, clegg@learningtrust.co.uk.
Treasury - main contact Pradip Navare, pnavare@learningtrust.co.uk.
Statutory Accounts - main contact Has Shah, hshah@learningtrust.co.uk.
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Key task undertaken by the grants team include
  • Maintaining Grants Register and other key documents 
  • Reviewing and advising on income generation to schools and other sections including sending out information on new funding streams  
  • Lead on Grant Audits & validating and providing assurance on all grant returns
  • Co-ordination of the grant budget setting and closedown process plus  supporting Accounting processes 
  • Monthly reporting on grants & standards funds activity to Senior Management
  • Completion of Statutory returns including the Section 251 report; RA forms; RO forms, Cipfa Stats, DSG returns
  • Allocation of Grant Funding to Schools in line with grant conditions
  • Supporting all Grant Budget Holders to ensure grants are spent in line with grant conditions and maximised, 
  • Review and Update Grants Procedures and Policies  
  • Validating and providing assurance on all grant returns
  • Income reconciliation and receipt of grant income from providers and LBH as appropriate

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