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Why Evaluate Your Internal Controls?

A key element of internal controls is to ensure that no one person has complete control...

Jane Monaghan
14th January 2019

3 min read

Jane Monaghan is a senior review consultant in the Education Finance Support team. Jane has a degree in accounting and conducts independent reviews for academy trustees and school governors concerning the appropriateness of financial controls in operation, providing the audit committee and governors with an informative report and recommendations to strengthen controls. Jane also assists in ensuring the annual reviews are compliant with current DfE policy and best practice guidelines.

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School Websites

Avoiding data protection breaches in schools

Creating a proactive data protection culture within your school doesn’t need to be diff...

Jonathan Leggett
11th January 2019

5 min read

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Risk & Governance

Introducing the Sisra Subject Progress Index (SPI)

The Subject Progress Index (SPI) has been introduced into Sisra Analytics Reports for s...

Jon Williams
4th September 2018

3 min read

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School Websites

GDPR checklist for schools and multi-academy trusts

Read our essential GDPR checklist for schools to ensure you are GDPR compliant and avoi...

Jonathan Leggett
1st July 2018

3 min read

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Curriculum & Assessment

The Science of Science

Confused about Science? There’s a strong chance you are not alone! Read about the new s...

Emma Maltby
17th November 2017

7 min read

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JUNIPER BLOG

Why Evaluate Your Internal Controls?

Avoiding data protection breaches in schools

Introducing the Sisra Subject Progress Index (SPI)

GDPR checklist for schools and multi-academy trusts

The Science of Science