The Departmental Budget Tracker CD-ROM

Subject: Deputy Head
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 16-18
Order Number: 3078

Setting cover, planning the curriculum, marking books, training staff, teaching students; the busy departmental head has little time left for the budget, yet this can be a source of concern, nagging away in the back of the mind. Working out just how much you have spent, and where your departmental capitation is actually going during the year can be a real headache. Only when it’s too late do you realise you have overspent.

With the Departmental Budget Tracker you are back in control; the way you spend your capitation and how much remains can be tracked with no ICT or financial expertise, allowing the organised departmental head to plan for the coming months with confidence. Simply call up the Tracker spreadsheet onto your desktop and punch in the figures and it does all the calculating for you. All your expenditure is neatly categorised and subtotalled, with a summary page that gives you the ‘bottom line’. At the end of the year, a precise record of expenditure will have been created that can be saved for the next year’s budget planning meeting. Present a clear printed record and your case will be that much stronger for increased funding the following financial year. Little or no ICT expertise is required; all you need to utilise the Departmental Budget Tracker is a Mac or PC and Microsoft Excel.

Take the guessing out of your financial planning, take control, and be organised: let the tracker do the calculations while you get on with running the department.