Finance Directors’ Networking Forum

Collaboration and sharing of best practice for both finance and business leads in trusts and local authority maintained schools.

FD Networking forum Mar 26 BT session

Finance Directors’ Networking Forum

We are proud to lead the East Midlands Finance Directors’ Networking Forum, a network for collaboration and sharing of best practice for both finance and business leads in trusts and local authority maintained schools.

Our annual Spring event includes sessions on subjects such as:

  • Budget-setting assumptions;
  • Trust-level benchmarking data;
  • General Annual Grant (GAG) pooling;
  • Sharing operating models within trusts.

There is no annual membership, just a single booking fee to attend the session which is usually held at the beginning of March.

The network includes attendees from across the country.

Date of next event: TBC 2027

FD networking event Mar2025

“The L.E.A.D. FD Networking Forum provides an opportunity for live discussion on key issues for the education sector. The insights gained have added context and value to our meetings with trustees and the executive team. In addition, the forum provides a great opportunity to network with other colleagues and key suppliers to the sector.”

Catherine Hughes, Director of Finance at Creative Education Trust

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