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Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions

The guidance is to help academy trusts and colleges to: It explains: Applies to England Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions – GOV.UK
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Schools guidance: report or seek approval for related party transactions

From 1 October 2024 academy trusts should report or seek approval for related party transactions from the Department for Education instead of the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Summary guidance: report or seek approval for related party transactions – GOV.UK
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Buying for schools: find an approved framework agreement

Use a Department for Education (DfE) approved framework agreement to help you buy goods and services for your school. Buying for schools: find an approved framework agreement – GOV.UK
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Getting the best value from schools non-staff spend

Getting the best value from schools non-staff spend – GOV.UK
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PA2023 Guidance – Procuring SEND education placements and services

Guidance to help local authorities and education providers to understand how the Procurement Act 2023 interacts with the Children and Families Act 2014. Details This guidance is for local authorities. It applies to local authorities providing placements and services for children and young people: It applies to: It will help local authorities identify if the…
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Academy Trust Handbook 2024

Academy trusts must comply with this handbook as a condition of their funding agreement. It provides an overarching framework for implementation of effective financial management and other controls, consistent with your obligations as publicly funded bodies. Academy Trust Handbook – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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Buying procedures and procurement law for schools
How to buy goods, works or services for your school guides will help schools to get value for money and comply with procurement law Buying procedures and procurement law for schools – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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The Buying for Schools blog
Buying for Schools (blog.gov.uk) The Buying for Schools blog is run by the Department for Education’s (DfE) Schools Commercial Team to support people who buy for schools and buying decision makers in schools around all those potentially tricky areas of procurement.
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A painful lesson – Bromcom Computers Plc v United Learning Trust

With the substantive issues decided by the Courts in favour of Bromcom, the litigation now proceeds to a trial on exactly how much it should receive by way of damages. This hearing is expected to take place later in 2023. The sad truth about this case is that damages and costs could amount to more…

