The School Business Manager Training Certificate
£299.99 + VAT
Bringing you our brand new certificate for school business managers
Supporting effective business leadership and management – be the best you can be!
Why should school business professionals complete this training?
Covering the key disciplines of business management in schools, the certificate will provide best practice guidance for running an efficient and effective function, as well as explore what makes a strong and successful leader.
The certificate will also look at how school business managers can develop their role within their school, drive innovation, and motivate their team.
It will support school business managers with excellent financial and resource management, strategic decision-making, and income generation – essential, particularly in today’s challenging climate.
The course is fully online and designed for flexible independent learning, so you can fit it around your busy schedule, and with a year’s access you can complete at your own pace.
Agenda
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Developing the role of the business manager
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Nickii MesserAll The Geese
- Making your voice heard in strategy and school planning
- Accountability and effective decision-making
- Innovation and entrepreneurialism
- Leading and supporting change management
- Building resilience in your role
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Leadership and promoting team effectiveness
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- Being an effective leader: key skills and behaviours
- Continuous performance management
- Building team effectiveness and promoting engagement
- The art of delegation
- Staff development and CPD priorities
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The impact of representation in education
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Andrew BlenchEducation Consultant and Leadership and Management Coach
- Key employment law procedures
- Navigating common HR issues
- Workforce Planning
- Recruitment and induction
- Health and safety
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Managing financial performance and maximising efficiency
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Steve BurnageExpert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
- Budget setting and monitoring
- Best practice financial and resource management
- Top tips for operational efficiency
- Investing in school improvement
- Handling audits
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Procurement
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Andrew BlenchEducation Consultant and Leadership and Management Coach
- Key regulatory frameworks and legislation
- Best practice procurement strategy
- Value for money and maximum impact
- Tender management
- Benchmarking
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Marketing and communication
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- Determining your aims and goals
- Marketing channels and getting your messaging right
- Developing your pupil recruitment strategy
- Best practice stakeholder engagement
- Exploring revenue channels and maximising income generation
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Supporting positive mental health and wellbeing across the school community
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- Unlocking support mechanisms in your school
- The importance of an open culture and feedback
- Promoting mental health awareness and knowledge
- Best practice strategies and initiatives
- Looking after your own mental health and leading by example
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Ofsted and school improvement: the role of the SBM
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- Compliance and meeting statutory obligations
- Preparing for inspection
- Avoiding common inspection pitfalls
- On the day and post-inspection
- Using the inspection process to drive school improvement
Speakers
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Andrew Blench
Education Consultant and Leadership and Management Coach
Andrew Blench is the former School Business Manager for Dinnington High School in Rotherham. He has been an SBM since 2003 and in 2016 set up his consultancy company – School Business Partner. Andrew is currently a School Resource Management Advisor (SRMA) for the DfE, a Facilitator/Assessor/Coach for the L4 SBM Diploma with SBM Partnership and a Leadership and Management Coach. He has extensive experience in advising academies and LA Maintained Schools in the area of effective resource management, leadership and management and governance.
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Nickii Messer
All The Geese
A well known national and international conference speaker, author, and contributor to many educational publications, Nickii is keen to help school leaders at all levels develop the skills and confidence to embrace the complex challenges facing schools today. With many years experience as a school business manager/director across three school phases, including seven years on the SLT of a leading edge secondary school, Nickii was instrumental in working with the National College to launch the SBM role and associated training programmes. In 2009, Nickii formed her company, All The Geese, to specialise in training, developing and promoting school business management and leadership. You can follow Nickii on Twitter @NickiiMesser and LinkedIn, and for more information visit www.nickiimesser.com
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Steve Burnage
Expert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
Having spent over 25 years teaching and leading high schools across the UK, Steve is a sought after as an expert practitioner, consultant, and trainer. He specialises in developing effective school leadership; and the key areas of outstanding learning and teaching including inclusive learning, positive behaviour management, marking, feedback and assessment, performance management, staff development, coaching and mentoring and the performing arts.
Steve writes, delivers and hosts training and consultancy in schools, colleges, academies and conference venues throughout the UK, Europe, The Indian Subcontinent, Central and southern Asia and the Middle East as well as supporting organisations in planning, producing and delivering on-line and blended learning education courses.
Steve is a principal examiner and lead trainer for Cambridge International Examinations, The International Baccalaureate, and the British Council. In addition, Steve is the lead trainer for Cambridge online professional development across the world.
Steve writes a regular column for several UK education publications and is currently writing a teacher development training manual for an international publisher.
Steve writes, delivers and hosts training and consultancy in schools, colleges, academies and conference venues throughout the UK, Europe, The Indian Subcontinent, Central and southern Asia and the Middle East as well as supporting organisations in planning, producing and delivering on-line and blended learning education courses.
Steve is a principal examiner and lead trainer for Cambridge International Examinations, The International Baccalaureate, and the British Council. In addition, Steve is the lead trainer for Cambridge online professional development across the world.
Steve writes a regular column for several UK education publications and is currently writing a teacher development training manual for an international publisher.
