Effective Financial Management in Schools - Programme

Wednesday 5 Dec 2018
Holiday Inn London- Regent's Park

09:00 to 09:45

09:45 to 10:00

10:00 to 10:30

10:00 – 10:30
Keynote 1: Trends and Challenges in School Funding

Detailed insight into schools funding challenges, and how you can overcome them

Natalie Perera, Executive Director, Education Policy Institute

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10:30 to 11:10

10:30 – 11:10
Keynote 2: Staff Structures

Make the most of your budget and learn how to make your staff structure more robust during periods of difficulty.

Emma Hughes, Head of HR Services, Browne Jacobson

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11:10 to 11:20

11:20 to 11:50

11:50 to 12:40

11:50 – 12:40
1A: Combining Services

Learn how to pool resources with other schools and maximise the cost-saving benefits.

Cate Hart, School Business Manager Consultant

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11:50 – 12:40
1B: Income Generation

Capitalise on your school's revenue generation through innovative and creative ideas

Russell Dalton, COO, Diocese of Worcester Multi-Academy Trust

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11:50 – 12:40
1C: Marketing for Recruitment

Learn innovative ways to market your school, avoid expensive agency costs and attract high quality teachers.

Simon Hepburn, Director, Marketing Advice for Schools

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12:40 to 13:40

12:40 – 13:40
Lunch
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13:40 to 14:10

13:40 – 14:10
Keynote 3: Stay close to your SLT

Working strategically and coherently with your leadership team to ensure the most effective budgetary decisions

Nickii Messer, School Business Management and Leadership Development expert, All the geese

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14:10 to 14:30

14:10 – 14:30
Keynote 4: School Resource Management

Ways in which your school or trust can make the best use of their resources and what the Department is doing to help them

Andrew Wye, Funding Policy Unit, Department for Education 

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14:30 to 14:40

14:40 to 15:30

14:40 – 15:30
2A: Benchmarking

Develop your knowledge and understanding of current benchmarking processes to become more effective in your role.

Caroline Collins, Head of School Business Resources and Strategy, Miles Coverdale Primary School

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14:40 – 15:30
2B: Efficient Premises Management

Hear how one school has made changes to their premises management and made better savings in the process

Cate Hart, SBM Consultant

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14:40 – 15:30
2C: SEND Funding and Inclusion

Information on how to account for SEND students in your budgets when  competing with demands

Barney Angliss, Lead Project Co-Ordinator, National Star

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15:30 to 15:50

15:50 to 16:40

15:50 – 16:40
3A: Pupil Premium

Best practice pupil premium spending to ensure inclusion and evidence impact.

Gill Robinson OBE, Vice Chair of the Teaching Schools Council

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15:50 – 16:40
3B: Curriculum-led Budget Planning

Deliver financial stability while also offering a broad and varied curriculum.

Matthew Clements-Wheeler, Chair of the ISBL

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15:50 – 16:40
3C: Bid Writing

Advance your bid-writing abilities to become more versatile and confident in acquiring funds.

Justin Smith, Chameleon Training and Consultancy

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16:40