Accounts

This section is responsible for the processing of suppliers' invoices and other various claims for payment including travel and subsistence expenses, petty cash and transactions generated under the arrangements for local management of schools.

The Board is committed to the prompt payment of bills for goods and services in accordance with the Confederation of British Industry's Prompt Payer's Code and arrangements have been put in place to enable the Board to report on payment performance. In its most recent report to the Department of Education the Board recorded that 71% of invoices were paid within 30 days and 87% of invoices within 45 days.