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Financial management policies
- 16 to 19 bursary fund: model policy Adapt our model policy to help you set your own 16 to 19 bursary fund policy.
- Accounting policies: model and examples (academies) Download our model accounting policies and adapt them to suit your school's context. You'll also find templates from the ESFA and ISBL, and examples of policies from schools.
- Anti-fraud, bribery and corruption policies Find out your requirements for protecting public money and see examples of anti-fraud policies from primary and secondary schools.
- Charging and remissions policy: model and examples Save time and stay compliant by adapting our model charging and remissions policy. You can also use our downloadable checklist to structure your policy, and read tips on how to write it.
- Competitive tendering policy: model and examples (academies) Download and adapt our model competitive tendering policy to help you comply with the requirements set out in the Academies Financial Handbook. You can also see examples of other trusts' policies.
- Debt recovery policy Find examples of debt recovery policies from schools and from an LA to help you with writing your own.
- Disposal and write-off policies Look at examples of disposal and write-off policies from other schools to help you write your own policy. You can also see a template developed by the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL).
- Finance policies (maintained schools) See examples of finance policies from maintained primary, secondary and special schools, to get ideas for writing your own.
- Finance policy (academies): how to and examples If you're writing or reviewing your finance policy, get advice on how to write one as well as inspiration from examples of these policies from other academies.
- Governors' allowances and expenses policy: model and examples Download our model policy and adapt it to suit your school's context. See examples from a range of schools, and advice on how to write your own policy.
- Investment policy: model and examples Download our model investment policy and adapt it to suit your academy trust. Plus, see examples of policies from other multi-academy trusts (MATs).
- Pupil premium policy Download and adapt our model pupil premium policy to suit your school's context. Find examples of policies from primary, secondary and special schools.
- Reserves policy (academies) Are there examples of reserves policies from academies? We link to a template academy reserves policy from the Education and Skills Funding Agency and the Institute of School Business Leadership. We also look at examples of policies from academies and MATs.