The Board of Governors of a VG school is the employing authority, and, as such, is responsible for the employment of all staff (both teaching and non-teaching) in its school.
The transfer of the funding authority responsibility for all Voluntary Grammar Schools transferred from the Department of Education to the Education Authority from 1 April 2017. The transfer will involve the following administrative arrangements of the VG Schools Funding Authority function;
- Funding authority for VG schools;
- Financial monitoring for VG schools;
- VG schools VAT claims processing; and
- Management of VG schools redundancy programmes.
The transfer will not involve any potential policy changes. The responsibility for the Common Funding Scheme will remain with the Department.
Statement of Accounts - Form S40
Voluntary grammar schools (VGS) are required to submit a completed statement of accounts (Form S40) every year.
Financial and Audit Arrangements Manual
Following transfer of funding authority responsibility for all Voluntary Grammar schools to the Education Authority, general comments or suggestions on the content and/or presentation of the manual should be directed to School Operations and Finance team at [email protected].