Banking and Finance
Reviewing banking arrangements is one of the practical steps schools and trusts can take to ensure every pound is managed as efficiently as possible and directed towards children's education. Here is what Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust gained …
Judith Haste, Chief Financial Officer at St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi Academy Trust, made up of 21 primary schools in Suffolk, explains how switching to a deposit savings platform has more than doubled its interest-generated income - bringing in …
David Sheard, Group Chief Financial Officer at Trinity Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), shares how the Department for Education (DfE) approved Insignis savings platform generated over a quarter of a million pounds in just over a year – money that is now …
Diva Nair, Associate Director of Finance at Northern Education Trust, shares how a simple change to the trust's banking arrangements transformed their annual interest income from tens of thousands to more than a million pounds and explains how other schools …
Louise Davy, Chief Financial Officer at South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT), shares how strategic banking changes delivered around £200,000 in additional income. We had a system that had worked well enough in the past – but recognised times were …
Shaukat Islam, CEO and Executive Headteacher, Inspire Education Community Trust, Birmingham, shares how a DfE-approved savings platform transformed how the trust maximises returns on its reserves. Like most school leaders, I'm cautious with public money. When I first heard about …
