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Financial pressure is the reality in almost every school. Getting the most from a tight budget, and being able to show you are doing so, is now a core part of good leadership. An external financial review helps you do both.
We support you with the Schools Financial Value Standard and with integrated curriculum and financial planning, so your budget genuinely serves your curriculum and your pupils.
What Is an SFVS and ICFP Review?
It is an independent review of your school or trust’s financial management, focused on the Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS) and integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP). We help you complete a robust, honest SFVS self-assessment and use ICFP to align staffing and curriculum with what you can afford.
The aim is not just to pass a return, but to make better, evidence-based decisions about how you spend.
Who Is an SFVS and ICFP Review For?
It is for maintained schools completing their annual SFVS, academies and trusts using the resource management self-assessment, and any leadership team that wants to use ICFP to plan staffing and curriculum sustainably.
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What Does an SFVS and ICFP Review Include?
- Support to complete a robust SFVS self-assessment
- Independent challenge on your key financial assumptions
- Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) analysis
- Review of staffing structure against curriculum need
- Key metrics: contact ratio, class sizes, average teacher cost
- Scenario planning for pupil numbers and funding
- A clear report with practical, prioritised recommendations
How Does an SFVS and ICFP Review Help Your School, Academy, Trust, or Setting?
1
Complete SFVS with confidence
A good self-assessment is honest about gaps, not a box-tick. We help you produce one that stands up and drives real action.
2
Align budget to curriculum
ICFP connects what you teach to what it costs. We help you see whether your staffing genuinely matches your curriculum plan.
3
Test your assumptions
Budgets rest on assumptions about pupil numbers and funding. We stress-test them so surprises do not become deficits.
4
Find sustainable savings
We help you see where money is going and where value can be improved, without cutting into what matters for pupils.
5
Plan staffing sensibly
Staffing is the biggest cost by far. ICFP metrics help you plan structures that are affordable and deliverable.
6
Give governors real assurance
Boards must oversee financial health. Our review gives them independent, evidence-based confidence in the numbers.
7
Get ahead of problems
We help you model cautious, likely, and optimistic scenarios, so you are planning early rather than reacting late.
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How an SFVS and ICFP Review Works
- 1We review your current budget, staffing, and financial position.
- 2We work through the SFVS self-assessment with you, question by question.
- 3We build ICFP metrics and compare them against sensible benchmarks.
- 4We model pupil number and funding scenarios with you.
- 5We produce a clear report with prioritised, practical recommendations.
What You Get at the End
- A robust, submission-ready SFVS self-assessment
- ICFP metrics that show how staffing matches curriculum
- Scenario models for pupil numbers and funding
- A prioritised plan to strengthen financial sustainability
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Key Features of Our Service
Education finance experience
Our reviewers understand school and trust funding, not just accounting in the abstract.
ICFP done properly
We use the recognised metrics and the DfE’s approach, tailored to your curriculum and context.
Honest, useful reporting
We tell you what the numbers really say and what to do about it — plainly.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only in education and understand the funding landscape schools operate in. Our review gives you more than a completed return: it gives you a clearer, more sustainable relationship between your budget, your staffing, and your curriculum — and the evidence to satisfy your board and your local authority.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to us about your budget position and what you need.
- We agree the scope, covering SFVS, ICFP, or both.
- Contact us today to strengthen your financial planning.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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