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School business professionals (SBPs) lead the financial and operational management of schools and trusts. An SBP often has responsibility for a school鈥檚 or trust鈥檚:

• operational leadership
• finance
• procurement
• estate management
• marketing and communications
• human resources

They play a vital role in ensuring that the school鈥檚 or trust鈥檚 focus remains on improving educational outcomes.

Continued investment in their professional development and training is essential.

The Department for Education currently provides training and development to SBPs working in local authority maintained schools and academy trusts.

There are also:

• resources, tools and case studies on聽school resource management
• peer networks聽to help schools and trusts work together and share their knowledge
• resources on for school staff

Qualification bursaries

We fund bursaries covering 75% of the cost for SPBs to complete the .

To be eligible for a bursary, you must be employed in a maintained school or an academy trust.

You must also confirm that:

• your employer endorses the training and will allow you the time to complete it
• you or your employer can meet the remaining cost of 拢915
• you can commit to the full duration of the course (approximately 12 months)

Bursaries are limited. If you wish to apply, email [email protected] for more information.

Training workshops

We fund in-person training workshops, delivered by the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL).

These are available to trusts and regional network groups who would be interested in facilitating a workshop for their SBPs and/or colleagues within their region.聽The workshops run for up to 3 hours and are available for up to 30 attendees per session.

See the for details of the current workshops available.

To find out more information on hosting a session, email聽[email protected] or [email protected].

School resource management webinars

We provide a series of live school resource management webinars. These are free-to-access, hour-long sessions aimed at:

• SBPs
• school leaders
• governors
• trustees

You can view the upcoming webinars and register for the sessions on the .

You can also view .

SBP mentoring

As part of the聽school resource management advisers (SRMA)听辫谤辞驳谤补尘尘别, we offer a free one-to-one mentoring programme for SBPs.

This programme helps to build SBPs鈥� knowledge, ability and confidence through establishing a supportive peer-to-peer relationship with experienced professionals.

Places are limited. To learn more and determine if this is suitable for you, email聽[email protected]聽and we will send you further details.聽

Further sources of training and development

The following organisations provide training and development for school and trust leaders:

• is the professional body for those in public finance
• is the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England
• 聽represents and supports SPBs and has published for the profession
• local authorities often offer training in financial management for their local schools and to other schools and trusts too

This list is not exhaustive. Other organisations provide training and support that may meet your needs.