{"id":4707,"date":"2020-09-01T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T11:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:29:04","slug":"financial-information-what-schools-must-publish-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/09\/financial-information-what-schools-must-publish-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Information &#8211; What schools must publish online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ofsted-Finance-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ofsted-Finance-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ofsted-Finance-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ofsted-Finance-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ofsted-Finance.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you will be aware, since 2012 there has been a long list of things which a school must publish on their school website by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year the list seems to get longer and longer and sadly this year is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can of course download our free updated <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ofsted &amp; Statutory school website checklist (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/ofsted-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ofsted &amp; Statutory school website checklist<\/a> from our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 new <strong>Financial Information <\/strong>requirements to take care of. We&#8217;ll list them here exactly as published then examine each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You must publish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>how many school employees (if any) have a gross annual salary of \u00a3100,000 or more in increments of \u00a310,000 &#8211; we recommend using a table to display this<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a link to the webpage which is dedicated to your school on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">schools financial benchmarking<\/a>&nbsp;service &#8211; follow the prompts to find your school\u2019s specific page<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employees earning &gt;\u00a3100k<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have no employees earning more than \u00a3100,000 gross we recommend you state this to demonstrate that you have complied with the requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, as suggested, you can use a table to present the information such as the one below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Gross Salary<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Number of Employees<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a3100,000 &#8211; \u00a3110,000<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a3110,000 &#8211; \u00a3120,000<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a3120,000 &#8211; \u00a3130,000<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/school-website-cms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Greenhouse School Website CMS (opens in a new tab)\">Greenhouse School Website CMS<\/a> you can simply click the table icon to drop in a suitable table.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-editor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4708\" style=\"width:299px;height:290px\" width=\"299\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-editor.png 373w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Table-editor-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schools Financial Benchmarking Link<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply follow <a href=\"https:\/\/schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the link (opens in a new tab)\">the link<\/a> and search for your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"974\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Financial-Info.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4709\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Financial-Info.png 974w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Financial-Info-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Financial-Info-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy the URL from the address bar which will look similar to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk\/school\/detail?urn=119740\">https:\/\/schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk\/school\/detail?urn=119740<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can then create a link with more friendly text on your school website such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Schools Financial Benchmarking Information (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk\/school\/detail?urn=119740\" target=\"_blank\">Schools Financial Benchmarking Information<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While you&#8217;re on the benchmarking page, you&#8217;ll notice there&#8217;s a link to your school website. Why not take the opportunity to check it&#8217;s correct!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"505\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/website-link.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4710\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/website-link.png 505w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/website-link-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like any advice on the best way to keep your website up to date, the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Greenhouse School Websites (opens in a new tab)\">Greenhouse School Websites<\/a> are always happy to help \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you will be aware, since 2012 there has been a long list of things which a school must publish on their school website by law. 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