Course Details

This course provides school accountants with an overview of the key requirements for preparing and submitting 2025/26 school annual accounts. It will cover financial updates, reporting requirements, and the online submission process to support the timely and accurate completion of school accounts.


Lorraine Guinan and Eileen Ahern cover the following topics during this course:

  • Changes to the Chart of Accounts and accounting treatments
  • Accounting for Department of Education & Youth grants
  • Key accounting treatments
  • Reporting and filing requirements, including recommended timelines
  • Online submission of annual accounts through the FSSU portal

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FSSU

Lorraine Guinan

Lorraine joined the FSSU in 2017 having previously worked for an accountancy firm. She has dealt with clients in a wide variety of sectors including agriculture, construction, hospitality, and manufacturing. Lorraine is experienced in the preparation of annual accounts both corporate and non-corporate, income and corporation tax returns, tax planning and auditing of public interest and private companies.

Financial Support Services Units (FSSU)

Yvonne White

Yvonne White is an CPA accountant with over 25 years’ experience working in both corporate and public accounting. She joined the FSSU in 2017 when the Department of Education extended the remit of the unit to include both Primary and Community & Comprehensive Schools. She has a strong background in providing financial advice and support including consulting services, cash management, forecasting and auditing.

Her role involves supporting boards of management of schools in meeting their fiduciary duties as well as regulatory and statutory obligations to the Department of Education, Charities Regulator and the CSO