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Teams and structures
Get the most from your teams, with guidance on topics such as collaboration, capacity-building, difficult conversations and restructures.
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For your business management team to fulfil its potential, carrying out regular appraisal is vital. Nickii Messer provides a checklist of core issues to help you plan the process
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Most schools are paying the apprenticeship levy. If you don’t use what you’ve paid in, you’ll lose it
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Reached a point where making staff redundant seems to be the only way of balancing the budget? Read Nickii Messer's 10 step guide to reducing redundancy risk before making any decisions
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Midday supervisors play a crucial role in supporting pupil wellbeing. But who supports them? Nickii Messer suggests ways to engage, motivate and develop
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Dealing with conflict from staff can be a difficult issue for SBMs to face – but it doesn’t have to be. Nickii Messer shares strategies to build happy teams, and action to take when things do go wrong
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Download resources, strategies and case studies to support effective teacher and TA partnerships
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Creating CPD for support staff is often a major responsibility for school business managers. Use this toolkit to help your team develop professionally
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A staff restructure can bring up all kinds of emotions, questions and a need for information. How can you ensure these conversations are handled in the best way?
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Ruth Bradbury looks at the process of restructuring support staff to ensure the best value for money
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