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School business management resources

Publications

• School business management - A quiet revolution, part one
  School business management - A quiet revolution, part two
  An overview of evidence showing the development and future of the role of school business managers and the impact they have on schools
• School business management competency framework: a guide to continuous professional development for SBMs
  A joint publication published by the National College and the National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) in November 2011
• School business director demonstration projects directory
  A directory providing details of the National College school business director demonstration projects that are taking place across England
• Discover the benefits of school business managers
  A joint publication by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) and the National College
• Securing our future: using our resources well
  A discussion paper on the better use of resources in school
• Financial efficiency in schools
  A research report by the former Department for Children, Schools and Families on how schools can manage their finances more effectively and what motivates successful financial managers
• Securing the best for less
  A research project looking at how six schools have used their resources as efficiently and effectively as possible
• Pupil premium: can we make it work?
  A study considering previous attempts at educational transformation in England focused on similar concepts to the pupil premium and evaluates reforms in Sweden and the USA
• School Business Director Programme: digest of phase two assignments
  The product of the phase 2 assessment task completed by school business director participants; relating to the context of system-wide reform and the key concepts of system leadership
• A review of the impact on governors and leaders of federations in the UK and Netherlands
  Following two schools which have formed a hard federation, led by an executive headteacher, this study draws attention to the leadership challenges inherent in bringing together previously separate organisations

Case studies

• A wealth of real-world school business management experience, including a series of short films featuring school business managers and their headteachers sharing their thoughts on the role and impact they are having.

School business management programmes evaluation reports

• School Business Management impact and evaluation update 2009-10
  A summary of the College's school business management activities and their impact on the profession and in schools
• School business director (SBD) demonstration projects: financial benefits evaluation - interim report 1
  Report capturing the financial benefits arising from the SBD demonstration projects, produced in August 2009
• School business management programme: impact and evaluation report 2007-09
  The College's school business management programme impact and evaluation report published in June 2009

PowerPoint presentations

Two presentations delivered to delegates during the Achieving world class schools conference in May 2008.

• The challenge of achieving world class performance - Sir Michael Barber
• Linking school improvement to financial planning for sustainability

Five presentations delivered to delegates during the Achieving world class schools conference in June 2009.

• Competency framework for school business managers
• Delivering effective school business manager services in 21st century schools
• Looking to the future - enhancing the professional status of school business managers
• School business director project
• Team work for school improvement: six steps to support staff development