This network is for staff in member colleges who are responsible for finance and business matters. The network is open to anyone within a member college who has responsibility for finance matters – information will be confidential to members and not shared outside the meeting.
Network meetings take place on Zoom three times per year. The purpose of the network is to share ideas, good practice and discuss issues relating to specialist college finance matters, including ESFA and LA contracts, internal budgeting and forecasting, VAT, fee levels and other topics as and when required. If you have any items you’d like to add to the agenda, please contact clare.howard@natspec.org.uk
If you have questions that you would like to ask other network members, please use the finance manager discussion forum.
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Upcoming meetings
Finance managers network
14 November 2024This is a free, Natspec members-only event, for finance and business managers.
Finance managers network
17 March 2025This is a free, Natspec members-only event, for finance and business managers.
Finance managers network
30 June 2025This is a free, Natspec members-only event, for finance and business managers.
Finance managers network
6 November 2025This is a free, Natspec members-only event, for finance and business managers.
Resources from previous meetings
Please find below slides and notes from previous network meetings. They are only available to full members of Natspec and you will need to log in to access the resources.
Resources from meetings
Download slides and notes
March 2024
June 2023
March 2023
- SCA SPI terms and conditions
- SEND and AP improvement plan summary for members
- Recording from meeting
2022 meetings
2021 meetings
Capital funding
Unlike GFE colleges, specialist colleges do not have access to the FE Transformation Fund. Specialist colleges are also not in scope for major capital funds available to schools.
Natspec is campaigning for more equitable access to capital funding.
Capital Funding Resources
Our paper on capital grant funding outlines the issues.
Specialist colleges are in scope for School Conditions Allocations (SCA) and Devolved Formula Capital (DFC). This funding provides a small amount of maintenance funding based on student numbers.
