Upload DfE Automated Returns
Version 7.1880 or later
Financial information can be uploaded to the Department for Education (DfE) as often as you want until you are ready to submit it. Each upload overwrites the previous information.
Some opening balances required for the return must be entered manually. Balances from the previous financial year are not uploaded as they are retained in exiting nominals during the year end process.
- Go to Home, then select DfE Academy Returns.
- To authenticate your account, sign in to the DfE, and agree to the conditions.
- Select Upload, then Finish.
- Visit the GOV.UK Education Academies accounts returns website, select Account Return, and log in.
- To complete the upload, select Apply, then Apply data upload.
If ERRORS are displayed, you must investigate and correct these in IRIS Financials, then upload the data again.
For help completing the DfE Returns, go to Guidance For Academy Financial Returns.