Helping Catholic School Dioceses Plan with Confidence

Planning for Catholic School Dioceses Webinar – Tuesday 24 March 2026 (11.45 am AEDT)

This session demonstrates how Catholic School Dioceses can manage grants income, fee income and workforce planning more efficiently using structured models in Workday Adaptive Planning.

The same planning logic managed with less spreadsheet complexity and greater control across your Diocese.

See three Diocese-ready models working end-to-end

Our team will show you a live demonstration of Diocese planning models for Grants Income, School Fee Income and Workforce Planning, configured in Workday Adaptive Planning.

Built for multi-school visibility, governance reporting, and scenario planning.

Register for the Webinar to see the Catholic School Diocese Planning solution live

Improve accuracy, speed, and auditability
See how existing planning logic translates into a structured platform
Understand how changes flow cleanly across schools
Experience real-time consolidation and scenario flexibility

In this session you’ll see how Diocese planning becomes easier to manage

Update grants, fee and workforce assumptions without complex spreadsheets
Reduce manual consolidation across schools
Improve transparency and auditability of planning models
Run scenarios quickly when funding or enrolments change

Designed for Catholic Education finance teams

Practical planning structures that help Diocese teams move beyond spreadsheet-based models to scalable planning capability.

Register for the Webinar
Tuesday 24 March 2026
11.45 am AEDT

Secure your place. A recording will be shared after the session.

What we will demonstrate (live)

The same planning logic but managed with less spreadsheet complexity and greater control.

Grants Income
Planning Model

Automate complex grant funding logic with transparency and override flexibility.

Model SRS, DMI, CTC and loadings
School-level assumptions with controlled overwrites
Flow results into GL-ready structures

School Fee Income
Planning Model

Forecast fee income consistently across schools while handling real-world complexity.

Tuition, electives, excursions, camps, sibling discounts
Growth assumptions with override options
Consolidated net fee income views

Workforce Planning
Model (Schools & CSO)

Build reliable workforce cost plans by role, classification, allowance, and FTE.

Teacher and staff planning by role and FTE
Salary increases, super, allowances, leave loadings
Summaries by school and Diocese

All models are demonstrated live in Workday Adaptive Planning, showing how planning becomes easier to manage beyond spreadsheets.

Why Diocese planning isn’t getting any easier

Diocese finance teams already manage complex grants structures, fee income assumptions and workforce costs.

The challenge is maintaining these models efficiently across spreadsheets while preserving transparency, auditability and timely consolidation.

This session shows how that same complexity can be managed in Workday Adaptive Planning with greater control and less manual effort.

Funding and loading complexity across schools
Fee and concession assumptions that shift with enrolments
Workforce cost pressure under classifications, allowances, and EBA changes
Consolidation and reporting expectations for boards and regulators

Who this is for

Diocese CFOs and Finance Managers
Planning, Budgeting & Reporting leads
Catholic Education Office finance teams
Analysts supporting multi-school planning and board reporting

If you manage grants, fees, and workforce planning across schools, this session is designed for you.

Presenters

GK Horizons specialists will walk through each model and the planning structure behind it, with time for Q&A on how Diocese teams can apply the approach in their own context.

Guest Diocese participation may be included (subject to confirmation).

Proven with Catholic Education Leaders

GK Horizons has delivered measurable impact for Catholic School Dioceses and education organisations using Workday Adaptive Planning:

Catholic Schools NSW Case Study

See how Catholic Schools NSW modernised budgeting and planning with Workday Adaptive Planning for greater efficiency.

Sydney Catholic Schools Blog

Learn how Sydney Catholic Schools streamlined forecasting, reporting, and collaboration by moving beyond Excel spreadsheets.

CEnet Blog

Discover how CEnet replaced Excel with GK Horizons’ JUMP Start program for accurate, scalable planning.

Why GK Horizons for Catholic School Diocese

Workday Adaptive Planning specialists since 2012 Over a decade of delivery experience.
Deep education expertise Implementations across Local, Diocese and State Catholic School entities
Flexible implementation options From rapid JUMP Start programs to Phased rollouts.
Long-term partner Trusted for reliability, flexibility, and authenticity.

FAQs – Catholic Schools Planning

Can Workday Adaptive Planning replace our Excel-based models?

Yes. Workday Adaptive Planning provides a familiar Excel-style interface but centralises assumptions and automates calculations for accuracy and transparency.

How are grants loadings and transition shares handled?

All major loadings (SWD, ATSI, LEP, SED, size, location) are included, with overwrite options. Transition share is applied at the school level and rolled up to the Diocese.

Can the solution model sibling discounts and fee structures?

Yes. Discounts can be entered once and applied consistently across all future years, avoiding complex Excel formulas.

How are workforce costs captured across schools and the CSO?

Workforce planning can be broken down by position, classification, allowance, FTE, and salary type, with salary increases and on-costs fully integrated.

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