Costs of CSBM

Financial contribution notice update

Costs for the Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM) depend on your circumstances. From April 2012, the contribution amount required for CSBM will increase to £400. All participants (or their employees) will be required to pay £300, plus any expenses. You will incur additional charges if you do not turn up to a workshop in which you have agreed to attend. Small schools are exempt from this fee in line with College small schools policy.

Participant's circumstances	Cost
Working within: a state-funded school in England a local authority	A minimum contribution of £300 will be required, with the remaining amount subsidised by the National College
Working within: an independent school a further education college a school operating outside the English system (including Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Channel Isles and Isle of Man)	You will be invoiced for the programme Current charge: £2,000
Not working within a school, but looking to work in a state-funded school	Part funding will be paid for the participant subject to the external SBM evaluation process. A contribution of £400 is required for the induction workshop, as well as a minimum contribution of £300 towards programme costs. Once you accept an aspiring place, you will be booked onto the workshop and will incur cancellation charges if you wish to withdraw with less than one week's notice.
All funded special schools (those that are independent still receive help or support from their local authorities)	A minimum contribution of £300 will be required, with the remaining amount subsidised by the National College
Overseas maintained schools eg armed forces schools teaching the national curriculum	A minimum contribution of £300 will be required, with the remaining amount subsidised by the National College
Unemployed	Part funding will be paid for the participant subject to the external aspiring SBM evaluation process. A contribution of £400 is required for the induction workshop, as well as a minimum contribution of £300 towards programme costs. Once you accept an aspiring place, you will be booked onto the workshop and will incur cancellation charges if you wish to withdraw with less than one week's notice. This is not a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) training scheme to improve the employment prospects of claimants; rather it is aimed at training SBMs for the maintained sector. The onus is placed on the applicant to ensure that embarking on this programme will not affect benefit claims

Charging policy for independent and overseas schools

Independent and overseas participants will be informed of payment arrangements shortly after the closing date of the application round. Payment in full will be required before the participant attends the first event, unless there are exceptional circumstances, which will be determined on an individual basis by the College.

Supply cover

The National College will not meet supply cover costs.

Repeating face-to-face events

Funding for participants who wish to repeat modules they have already completed will not be paid for by the National College. Participants will be expected to fund themselves for repeated modules based on the costs in the below table. This includes instances where participants defer or withdraw after undertaking a module but have not completed the associated work and need support to complete it.

For details about costs for participants who started the programme before April 2011 please contact the SBM team at sbm@nationalcollege.org.uk.

Programme	Online induction	Development module 1	Development module 2	Operational modules (4)
CSBM	£100	£500	£500	£225 each