1. Academy Business Manager & Administrator Network Meeting A big thank you to SAS who have sponsored refreshments. Hannah Cygan from SAS is here to answer questions on Staff Absence Insurance. School Admissions are also available if you have any questions.

2. Mick Evans Pupil & School Service Manager Welcome & Introductions

3. Facilities Management Ken France Business Development Officer

4. HR Advisory Carol McCrone and Kirsty Spencer

5. Technical Update Matthew Draycott Technical Services Manager

6. SIMS UPDATE Maggie Shirran MIS Consultant

7. Information and Data updates Gillian Heath

8. Break – special thanks to SAS who have sponsored refreshments. Hannah from SAS is here to answer your questions on Staff Absence Insurance.

9. Budget Planning Tools New Budget Planner Finance Training Schools Finance Support

10. Budget Planning Tools Budget Planner Medium Term Financial Plan Tool Cashflow Statement Outturn Report

11. New Budget Planner User friendly layout Payroll Spend Analysis Pupil Premium (3 year comparison) and PE Grant Maternity Calculator Curriculum Summary 3 year Financial Performance Comparison of Budget or Actual

12. Finance Training Available Finance Training CoursesNext Available Dates Academy Finance TrainingFriday 27 th Feb 2015 Tuesday 19 th May 2015

13. Coffee Morning Nov. 2014

14. Employee Service Centre Payroll and HR administration Services NCC Academies update February 2015

15. Payroll Absence Returns - Please do not enter expected return dates on the report until employee has actually returned to duty Absence Returns to be sent to: payroll.cityschools@nottinghamcity.gov.uk payroll.cityschools@nottinghamcity.gov.uk (you can copy in your Payroll Administrator)

16. Deadline schedule up to 30 June 2015 HRA1/2 Processing Deadline Timesheet/Expense DeadlinePay Day Feb-1529/01/201502/02/201520/02/2015 Mar-1526/02/201502/03/201520/03/2015 Apr-1531/03/201502/04/201522/04/2015 May-1501/05/201505/05/201522/05/2015 Jun-1529/05/201502/06/201522/06/2015

17. HR admin – General Reminders All HRA1 forms to be fully completed and sent to nccschools@emss.org.uk nccschools@emss.org.uk Single Status –All new starters to be placed on bottom of grade unless authorised by the Single Status team –New Post set up – these are to be agreed and will then be set up by the Single status team.

18. HR admin- future improvements Secure email – this will allow us to send all contracts and variation documents direct to the school. E – forms with mandatory fields to replace HRA1’s and HRA2’s. Automated School Recruitment Termly report of staff

19. Service Desk contact Email or telephone escservicedesk@emss.org.uk 0300 3030222

20. ESC Management Team Emma Gibson – ESC Manager Emma.gibson@emss.org.ukEmma.gibson@emss.org.uk 0116 3057503 Wendy Potter – Service Delivery Mgr – Payroll Wendy.potter@emss.org.ukWendy.potter@emss.org.uk 0116 3057718 Emma Sutton – Service Delivery Mgr – HR Emma.sutton@emss.org.ukEmma.sutton@emss.org.uk 0116 3052015

21. Health & Safety David Thompson Health and Safety Manager

22. DfE Guidance: School Emergency Inhalers Provision of automated external defibrillators Supporting Pupils with Medical Needs (policy required) HSE Inspections of Academies re: asbestos management Recent Developments

23. Emergency Documents: –Updated Emergency Plan –Separate worksheets –Business Continuity Plan (Disaster Recovery) Updated Risk Assessments Guidance for Midday Supervisors- food spillages etc. (coming soon) Next Head Teacher/Business Manager H&S Training: 23rd June 2015 (am) Schools H&S Team Updates

24. ESN update and rolling contracts Michelle Gabbitas Contracts Compliance and VfM Officer

25. ESN update Website will be updated Reflect new directory Replace Add to Basket with a new order form

27. New Contract Three elements: –T&Cs Rolling contract –Service Specifications on www.eduserve.co.uk –Order Form/Confirmation Services Prices Start dates

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