It started with a simple request — “Can you send me the P&L?”
In a school with world-class facilities, healthy enrolments, and millions in reserves, no one expected the financial reporting to be the weakest link. But behind the polished presentation of a thriving independent school lay a hidden tangle of misaligned systems, outdated processes, and data you couldn’t quite trust.
This is the story of how those cracks were discovered — and why every school should take a closer look at its own numbers before the questions start coming.