
Bringing you our brand new SBM Online Certificate
Supporting effective business leadership and management – be the best you can be!
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 SBMs can develop their role within their school, drive innovation, and motivate their team.
It will support SBMs 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.
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This certificate will cover:
- Developing your role and influence, and being an effective and inspirational leader
- Driving team productivity and engagement
- Human resources in schools – the essentials
- Getting your finance and resource management right and meeting your school’s needs
- Your role in supporting positive mental health and wellbeing across the whole school community
- Clear and effective marketing and communication strategies, and maximising income generation
- Best practice procurement for economy and maximum impact
- Ofsted and your role in the inspections process – expert guidance and top tips
Agenda
- Module 1:
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
- Module 2:
Leadership and promoting team effectiveness
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Nickii MesserAll The Geese
- 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
- Module 3:
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
- Module 4:
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
- Module 5:
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
- Module 6:
Marketing and communication
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Nickii MesserAll The Geese
- 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
- Module 7:
Supporting positive mental health and wellbeing across the school community
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Nickii MesserAll The Geese
- 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
- Module 8:
Ofsted and school improvement: the role of the SBM
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Steve BurnageExpert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
- 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

Andrew Blench

Nickii Messer
