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09:00 to 09:45
09:00 – 09:45
Registration and refreshments
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09:45 to 10:00
09:45 – 10:00
Chair's introduction and welcome
Matthew Clements-Wheeler, Chair of the ISBL
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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
11:10 – 11:20
Questions and answers
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11:20 to 11:50
11:20 – 11:50
Morning refreshments
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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
14:30 – 14:40
Questions and answers
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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
15:30 – 15:50
Afternoon refreshments
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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
16:40
Conference close
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