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Maximising Financial Efficiency in your school Sharon Fida, School Business Manager, Castlebar School sfida@castlebar.ealing.sch.uk... The SBM Other SBMs Contractors, Suppliers & loc

Maximising Financial Efficiency

in your school

Sharon Fida, School Business Manager, Castlebar School

sfida@castlebar.ealing.sch.uk

 Network

The SBM

Other SBMs

Contractors, Suppliers

& local businesses

Consortiums & Alliances

Headteachers

Other advisers

e.g The LA,

The Key

EFA/DFE

Stakeholders

e.g Colleagues,

Governors,

Parents/pupils

 Advice – Information - Alternative ideas

 Benchmark Data

 Joint Bargaining Power - Economies of Scale

 Opportunities to share best practice/CPD

 Confirmation of Success

 Recommendations

 Prices -including contracts, SLAs, utilities

Staff Absence - Cover arrangements

requirement is for long term cover consider agreeing a count down straightaway in case the position is made permanent

 Look at streamlining procedures and finding better ways of doing things – embracing new technology:

letters

 The sharing of information between schools

have a good price/deal

 A rolling programme of contract & SLA review

service

improvement needs

***Share the work - utilise your network

 Lettings (Pool/Hall/Classrooms)

 The Dept For Education, Jan16 Guidance:- Schools

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency

https://www.education.gov.uk/sfb/login.aspx

https://schoolleaders.thekeysupport.com/bundles/financial-efficiency/

Any Questions ?