Audit and Accountability of VG & GMI Schools
This section contains documents which relate to Audit and Accountability issues specifically in the VG and GMI Schools.
For Voluntary Grammar (VG) and Grant-Maintained Integrated (GMI) schools (which are funded directly by the Department of Education) the Accounting Officer receives the necessary assurances required in relation to funding for these schools through the Audit and Accountability section in Schools’ Finance Branch which:
Determines the conditions that VG and GMI schools must comply with using grant provided by the Department;
- Ensures that Boards of Governors comply with conditions of grant
- Monitors spending in individual schools and ensures that budgetary limits are not exceeded, and
- Ensures that financial and management controls are in place in schools which are appropriate and sufficient to safeguard public funds and ensure value for money
