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VAT
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Details |
Downloads |
Voluntary Aided Schools - Withdrawal of Permitted VAT Recovery |
HCC VA Summary Guidance - August 2009 |
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HM Revenue & Customs Guidance Document - August 2009 |
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Lettings |
Guidance for all Community Schools as well as Foundation
and Voluntary Aided schools that bank lettings income to the LEA
Official Budget Share Account |
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Flow Chart - Letting of Sports Facilities for Sport or Physical
Recreation |
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Foundation & Voluntary Aided Schools.
Lettings advice specific to these school types. |
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Property Matters
The Property Matters website is designed to help you
to manage your premises and its external environment at a time when
increasing responsibilities are being passed to schools. The advice
and support from a large range of professionals is intended to be
user friendly and will be regularly updated.
In addition to the main text you will find frequent cross-link references,
direct links to other sites and information as to who to contact for
support.
We welcome your views on the usefulness of the site and there is
provision for you to provide your own feedback in an easy and quick
way.
The Property Matters website address is as follows:
Alternatively you can access the guidance from the hertsdirect.org
site from any computer with internet access. Property Matters is in
the Schools and Learning section and then School Types, Planning & Maintenance.
Property Matters is then towards the bottom of the page.
If you have any difficulties with access please contact Paula Warrender
on 01992 556133.
Asset Management Planning
Condition surveys for the East and South quadrants have now been completed
and will be circulated in the New Year. It is planned that condition
surveys for the West and North quadrants will begin in February.
School plans will be updated between January and June. At the same time
suitability data will be revised. Schools will be contacted on an
individual basis with more details. Further information is available
from Paula
Warrender at paula.warrender@hertscc.gov.uk.
Security Key Holding Services
The County Council has recently re tendered the Security Contract which provides many council establishments including schools with key holder and other security services. The contract provides a means by which schools can avoid the need for staff to respond to alarm activations outside of office hours (or are accompanied by a security officer if they attend alarm activations).
The current contractor, Arena Security Ltd, has once more been successful in a competitive process supported by HBS, and been awarded, now commenced, on a new 5 year contract with the potential for a further extension of two years.
More information can be found on Arena Security Services on Connect (the HCC intranet)
Property Workshops
Since November 2007 Hertfordshire Property have been running a series of workshops for headteachers and premises managers. The workshops are designed to give clarity around roles and responsibilities, as well as providing advice, contact points and a better understanding of how decisions about property are made. The programme is being repeated over the next school year. All workshops will take place at Robertson House in Stevenage and will run from 09.00 to 12.30.
Please contact gill.donovan@hertscc.gov.uk for details of any workshops.
Government Funding for Kitchens & Dining Rooms
Bids are invited from schools for Government Funding from the Targeted Capital Fund for Kitchens and Dining Rooms.
The funding covers two financial years, 2009/10 and 2010/11, and bids have to be submitted on behalf of schools by the LEA. 50/50 matched funding is required, and any spending has to result in an increase in meal take-up.
There are four goals:
- Improving the quality of the food
- Increasing the seating capacity of dining areas
- Improving the dining environment
- Decreasing queuing time
The County Council will be bidding for Grant in respect of Kitchen Capital Equipment in line with the goals above, but individual schools may also wish to bid for other projects, and provide the matched funding themselves. The individual bids will then be incorporated in an overall LEA bid, which will be structured in as effective a way as possible. See:
Submitting Bids
In order to meet the DCSF timetable for overall bids from LEAs, individual school bids should be submitted by 6th February, to:
Mike Robinson, Hertfordshire Finance
Room 343 County Hall, Hertford
Email: mike.robinson@hertscc.gov.uk using the form below:
Herts Pro Forma
Also contact for queries or further discussion:
Patrick Stiles
Tel:
01707 292521
Email: Patrick.Stiles@hertscc.gov.uk
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