SchoolsNet e-Bulletin No. 2025/10 New content for 18 March 2025

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No. 2025/ 10 - New content for 18 March 2025


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New process for claiming mileage – LA maintained schools – reminder

Please see important information which comes into effect 1 April 2025 regarding fuel receipts related to mileage claims. Please login to Services for Schools to view.


Perspective Lite – User roles

Please see information and guidance about Perspective Lite user roles which require setting up by schools in Perspective Lite, if they haven’t been already. This is to enable documents to be directed by role where appropriate.


Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS) Return 2024-2025 – final deadline 31 March 2025

An urgent reminder that the 2024-2025 Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS), if not already submitted (you will have been sent email confirmation from Audit Services if it has been received), must be returned to Derbyshire Audit Services by Monday 31 March 2025, in line with government guidance. Approved SFVS documentation should be sent via Perspective Lite (830nnnn_AUDsfvs).


Suspension data clarification

Please note schools have received 2 suspension audit reports please discard the first one sent on 4 March, the second audit sent on 10 March contains all of your suspension data from September. Please can all schools complete the suspension audit even if no data has to be amended or there have been no suspensions.

When filling in the V6 suspension spreadsheet please check that the DFE number is correct and filled in on the spreadsheet as well as in the file name, that the school name is filled in and when sending it to us via Perspective Lite the file name is correct. The format should be; 830nnnn_INCsusp2025mmdd, where n is the DfE number. Any incorrect V6 spreadsheets will be sent back to school to correct and resend.


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Jobs bulletin

Bulletin 10 March 2025.


Payroll deadlines for schools 2025 – 2026

The 2025-2026 monthly payroll deadlines document for schools is now available to download.


March Snippet available

The latest newsletter from the Derbyshire Integris support team for subscribing Integris schools is available now. This edition includes articles about DfE Connect, school age students on a part-time timetable, the latest ’10-week’ reports, data retention and data deletion as well as a gentle request to check out the 2025/2026 licence and support package. Please log into S4S to read this edition via the Integris Newsletter page.


Free School Meals (FSM) eligibility – update

Please see a letter with the latest information for schools about Free School Meal transitional protection.


Admissions process for children with an EHCP on phase transfer

Please see the guidance in Locked Documents (the termly password is in Perspective Lite January General folder) outlining the current admissions process for children with an EHCP.


Events

Events


S4S

Derbyshire Services for Schools

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School complaints procedure for governors

An online event focusing on training and providing information to help governors understand their role in the school complaints procedure.

27 March 2025 – 6pm to 8pm


My SEND Learning programme – Drop-in sessions

Two free online sessions, delivered in a drop-in format in order to give attendees chance to ask questions and discuss the use of the Derbyshire My SEND learning programme.


Year 6: Writing Moderation Workshops (Spring Term)

In-person workshops designed to engage staff in professional discussions with colleagues and Derbyshire moderators, to moderate a sample of your pupils’ written work and feel more confident in evidencing accurate teacher assessment judgements.

Multiple dates and locations throughout March.