Management Information Sheet

The normal process that clusters should follow to make payments to Academies is that the Academy should raise an invoice for the sum due, and the Cluster will then make payment direct from their Imprest account.

However, we are aware that there will be occasions when the amount payable to an Academy, when taken alongside the normal monthly cluster expenditure, may exceed (or come close to) the Imprest limit. When this happens, NCC is able to make a direct payment to the Academy bank account on behalf of the Cluster, although the timing of this will be limited to the monthly NCC payment run which is received by Academies by 19th of each month.

If a Cluster is in the position that they need to access this payment mechanism, they are required to contact James Stanford (james.stanford@norfolk.gov.uk) who will agree the mechanism and arrange for direct payment via the LA Advances schedule.

In order to comply with audit requirements, requests should be accompanied by a copy of the invoice from the Academy, and the Cluster code that the payment is to be charged to.

Please note that requests for payment received by the LA after 8th of each month may not meet the payment run for that month.