Kent County Council moves to Oracle Cloud

Kent County Council is moving its Finance and Purchasing activity from its current Oracle system to Oracle Cloud in August 2025, and this will become the system through which all the Council’s payments to its suppliers are made. This includes the way payments are made to schools. We are writing to tell you about some anticipated unavoidable disruptions to payments during the cutover period between systems. This email explains what is changing and what it means for you.

The planned “go live” date is Monday 18 August 2025. There will be a period of downtime the week before this (11 to 15 August) where Kent County Council will have no live operational access to its Oracle systems. We will also need to prepare for this downtime during week commencing Monday 4 August.

We are intending to make a payment into your bank account in the week commencing 4 August 2025. This will replace the payment you are expecting to receive on Wednesday 20 August 2025 and is therefore an early payment. Please note that due to the earlier than expected payment this may mean that some payments you are expecting in addition to your usual monthly payment will not be received in time for processing for August and will therefore be paid to you in September 2025. If you have any concerns in relation to cash flow and the impact on your school bank account, or any other queries, please email schoolfunding@kent.gov.uk.

Contact details

Email: schoolfunding@kent.gov.uk