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Benchmarking spending

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Last updated on 20 June 2018
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Find out what you can do with the schools financial benchmarking service from the DfE, and understand the benefits and limitations of benchmarking. You'll also learn how other schools are using benchmarking.

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  1. 1 What you can do with the benchmarking service
  2. 2 Benefits of benchmarking
  3. 3 Limitations of benchmarking
  4. 4 How schools are using benchmarking: case studies
  5. 5 Cover benchmarking in your financial management handbook

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