Budgets

2025-26 School budgets

2025/26 Term 1 finance return templates

Deadline to return Friday 18 July 2025

Cash advance requests

Maintained schools requiring a cash advance should complete all sections of the cash advance template and send it via email to the schools accountancy team SchoolsAccountancyServices@ealing.gov.uk

School deficit recovery plan

If you are setting a deficit budget for 2025-26, please complete the deficit recovery plan template and deficit agreement proforma. (Login to view)

Once completed, please email both documents to Richard Cox rcox001@ealing.gov.uk and copy in Kim Price KPrice@ealing.gov.uk for checking.

Budget returns

Here is the budget return template 2025–26 which includes baseline funding update. Guidance is available on the spreadsheet under tab 1. Once completed, please email this to schoolaccountancyservices@ealing.gov.uk by Friday 16 May 2025.

Budget allocations

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Detailed indicative school budget allocations 2025-26 (xls)
Final schools block allocations 2025-26 (xls)
Please note: This version corrects the de-delegation rates for maintained secondary schools.
Cover letter indicative allocations 2025-26 from Kim Price (pdf)

Grant allocations, conditions and guidance

Local authority schools funding
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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Grant payments to date

Grant payments third quarter 2024-25 (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 (excel)

Grant allocations, conditions and guidance

PE and sport premium for primary schools (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 (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. Once completed, please email this to schoolsaccountancyservices@ealing.gov.uk 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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Deadline to return Friday 6 December 2024

2024/25 Term 1 finance return templates

Budget returns

Here is the budget return template 2024–25, includes baseline funding update. Guidance is available on the spreadsheet, under tab 1. Once completed, please email this to schoolsaccountancyservices@ealing.gov.uk by Friday 17 May 2024.

Budget allocations

Detailed indicative school budget allocations 2024-25 (xls)
Final schools block allocations 2024-25 (excel)
Cover letter indicative allocations 2024-25 from Kim Price (pdf)

Cash advance requests

Maintained schools requiring a cash advance should complete all sections of the cash advance template and send it via email to the schools accountancy team SchoolsAccountancyServices@ealing.gov.uk

School deficit recovery plan

If you are setting a deficit budget for 2024/25, please complete the deficit recovery plan template and deficit agreement proforma. (Login to view)
Once completed, please email both documents to Richard Cox rcox001@ealing.gov.uk and copy in Kim Price KPrice@ealing.gov.uk for checking.

This will then be submitted to the strategic director resources for approval.

For previous years go the the budgets archive section