For Academic year 2022/23, we have agreed retaining 6.5% of each individual schools GAG (General Annual Grant) funding. The Central top-slice will be used to fund the following expenditure on behalf of the schools within the Trust:
- Strategic Management
- Strategic HR Support
- Financial Management
- Strategic Estates Management
- Expert Safeguarding Support, training, and Audit costs
- Educational Psychologist Services (EPS)
- Central Support Staff Costs
- Internal Data Analyst
- Employee Assistance Scheme
- Trust wide Internet provision & telephony Services
- Annual External Audit & Teachers Pension Audit
- Internal Assurance
- Legal Services
- Health and Safety Support (incl. fire risk assessments)
- Completion of Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) returns costs
- Bank charges
- Annual actuary re-valuation fees
- Finance Software Hosting fees
- In-house Leadership & Staff Development Training
- National College CPD subscription
- School Improvement Support
- Governance Support Services and full Clerking services (incl. Local School Boards)
- Comprehensive Governors training package
- Payroll administration and Teacher Pension returns
- Support in training and up-skilling of administration and finance staff to meet trust-wide procedures and standards
- Trust Website design and compliance
- Data Protection Officer Services
- School to School support costs
- Evolve Risk Management system
Outside of the Central Team Top-slice, the trust will work collaboratively and use its purchasing power on those high-value purchases/services to ensure that we provide best value for taxpayers and ensure we target as much money to front-line children.
The 2022-23 top-slice statement and appeal policy can be found here: