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  • Schools' finance

    Topics:
    • Schools and infrastructure
    Under the Local Management of Schools (LMS) arrangements, the Board of Governors of every school receives a delegated budget to meet the on-going costs of running their school, enabling them to plan and use resources to maximum effect in accordance with their school’s needs and priorities.

    More in this topic

    • Financial management in schools
    • Equality Impact Assessment of the Department of Education's Budget Proposals Published for Consultation
    • Common funding
    • Equality Impact Assessment of the Department of Education's Budget Proposals Published for Consultation - 31 March 2025

    Related to Schools' finance

    Most recent publications

    • Final Opening Common Funding Formula Budgets for Schools 2025-26

      Published 6 May 2025
    • Department of Education Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

      Published 5 November 2024
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    Most recent consultations

    • Department of Education Budget 2025-26 Equality Impact Assessment

      Published 31 March 2025 Closes 03 July 2025
    • Department of Education Budget 2024/25 - Equality Impact Assessment

      Published 13 November 2024 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Department publishes EQIA on final budget allocations for 2023-24

      Published 9 November 2023
    • Minister Weir welcomes extra funding for Education

      Published 14 June 2016
    See all news in this topic

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    How to request information from the Department of Education including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. The Department publishes responses to requests for information made under FOI in its Disclosure Log

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