BPS Budget Monitoring for Academies

Learning Outcomes

The session will cover in detail 

• how to use the Payroll Reconciliation function for validating payroll costs on a monthly, basis
• how to import data to create initial figures for monitoring the school’s budgets and making adjustments to inform the year end forecast amounts
• delegates will be aware of how to use the Budget Planning Software to generate reports suitable for various parties e.g. Head teachers and Governors
• how to recalculate a 3 year plan using the updated year end figures produced by the budget monitoring
• time will also be dedicated to a workshop session where each school will be able to work using their own information (note: There may not be sufficient time to complete a full monitoring report on the day)
• questions will be taken during the day. 

Delegates are required to bring along the following 

• their own laptop and power pack
• logon details must be available on the day to log in to your computer as well as BPS
• the BPS will be web based therefore access to the internet will be required. Please note the venue will have wireless internet in the room. Without internet access you will not be able to access your school’s BPS
• a memory stick with them if they do not wish to bring hard copies
• please complete the Budget Monitoring Preparation checklist which also provides details of information which you should bring along to the training session.