This article covers the product enhancements released to Access Education Budgets customers throughout April 2025.
What's new
Key features
Budget Forecast Return 2025 — updated template to support academies in producing their BFR for 2025.
NI Calculations — updated NI calculation logic for Staff Contracts with a Pension following the April 2025 Autumn Budget changes.
Product Icon Update — refreshed icons for Education Budgets, Central Budgets, SEND and ICFP within Access Evo.
Budget Forecast Return 2025
We're pleased to announce the template release to assist you in producing the Academies Budget Forecast Return, updated for 2025.
The template includes importing actuals from Access Education Finance into the BFR template and populating the actuals for the prior and current years.
For more information please refer to Access Education Budgets: Budget Forecast Return 2025.
NI Calculations
Due to the recent April 2025 Lower Earning Limit and Earning Threshold NI change as part of the 2024 Autumn Budget, we have identified the need to update the way the NI is calculated on Staff Contracts with a Pension.
For more information please refer to Access Education Budgets: NI Calculation Changes.
Product Icon Update — Education Budgets, Central Budgets, SEND and ICFP
Within the Access Evo product menu, the icons for Education Budgets, Central Budgets, SEND and ICFP have been updated to adopt a unified look and feel that is consistent across the products in the suite.
How this version will be made available
These enhancements were released to customers throughout June 2025.