Forecasting Mainstream School Funding

All schools and academies are required to submit a three-year budget plan to their funding body. It's an important step towards ensuring financial sustainability, but without multi-year funding allocations, how do you know your plans are affordable? 'Forecasting Mainstream School Funding' provides a step-by-step guide to building high-level funding scenarios over three years, as the foundation of your medium-term budget planning. It shows you how to use information on the funding system and influences on pupil numbers to create robust assumptions for your funding forecasts. Suitable for any school leader wanting to achieve a meaningful budget plan, this book will help you take a more strategic and confident approach to your finances in a time of uncertainty.