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Academies planning calendar

A planner showing key dates for payments, publications and academy actions, for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
19 July 2017
Last updated:
9 September 2026
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  1. We've updated the planning calendar for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

  2. Updated to correct timings for the 2026 budget forecast return and the chart of accounts 2026 to 2027.

  3. We have added the wallchart version of the 2025 to 2026 calendar

  4. We have updated the calendar for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.

  5. We have added TPECG 24 and CSBG allocations for April to August 2025 to the May 2025 payments section.

  6. Updated the calendar for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

  7. We've updated the planning calendar for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

  8. The land and buildings collection tool (LBCT) will not go live on 4 October 2022 and has been removed from the calendar.

  9. Updated to show that the PE and sport conditions of grant and guidance for 2023 to 2024 will now be published in October 2022 rather than November 2022.

  10. We've updated the academies planning calendar for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

  11. We have updated the academies planning calendar to reflect there is no longer a requirement to submit a budget forecast return outturn.

  12. We have updated the academies planning calendar with additional funding information

  13. We've updated the academies planning calendar for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

  14. We have updated this page to revise the dates for academy trusts submitting their budget forecast returns in 2021.

  15. We have updated this page to change the dates for the academies land and buildings collection tool (LBCT). The online form will now go live on 15 December 2029 and the date of submission for academy trusts to submit their LBCT is extended to 28 January 2021.

  16. We have updated this page to change the dates for submitting financial returns, due to the impact of COVID-19.

  17. Page update to publish the academies planning calendar for 2020 to 2021.

  18. We have updated this page to remove the planning calendar for 2018 to 2019. We have also added an entry to the 2019 2020 calendar that academy trusts must submit their school resource management self assessment tool return by 14 November 2019.

  19. We've updated the academies planning calendar for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

  20. We've updated the academies planning calendar for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.

  21. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Academies planning calendar 2026 to 2027

HTML

Academies planning calendar 2026 to 2027 wall chart version

PDF, 198 KB, 4 pages

Details

A summary of activities for the 2026 to 2027 academic year that relate to:

  • academy funding
  • finance
  • trust compliance with their funding agreement

The academies calendar is for planning purposes only and contains the current information regarding financial returns.

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