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Steer your career through times of change
April 25 2019
School business professionals need to embrace professional development if they are to meet the challenge of a dramatically transformed school landscape, explains Val Andrew.
Reality Check
April 25 2019
Getting real about your budget forecasting is a way of protecting your school budgets in an uncertain world. Val Andrew has some advice for school business managers.
DfE announcement on the availability of NPQ scholarship funding
April 12 2019
NPQ | Scholarship | BPN News | Leadership
We have received important information from the Dept for Education regarding the availability of scholarship funding for the National Professional Qualifications for Schools Leadership.
School collaboration: The quiet revolution
April 12 2019
NPQ | In the Media | Partnership | Leadership
The Teaching School Hubs pilots will see schools tackling the challenges they face by working together, but there are already good examples of how this collaborative approach can work in action. Nick Bannister meets the collaborators kickstarting a quiet education revolution.
Best Practice Network and ISBL join forces on apprenticeship assessments
April 01 2019
Best Practice Network (BPN) has joined forces with the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) to provide end-point assessment services for the School Business Professional Level 4 Apprenticeship from September 2019.
Methodical planning to avoid budget misery
March 06 2019
It’s getting harder for school business leaders to balance the books, but they can anticipate budget challenges with some careful and methodical planning, says Hayley Dunn
Building communication and language with EAL children
March 04 2019
Shabnum Bi at Anglesey Playgroup wrote to us about her setting’s practice in communication and language to support children that mainly have English as an Additional Language (EAL).
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Leading best practice as an early years teacher
March 04 2019
Maureen Lee discusses how early years teacher status can equip early childhood professionals to make a substantial, positive difference to their settings and children's lives.
New year, reinvigorated career
February 15 2019
We’re already into the second month of the year – if your new year’s resolutions included setting fresh career goals, they can be achieved with some simple steps, says Hayley Dunn
Inspiring change for Children’s Mental Health Week 2019
February 13 2019
The shifting landscape of conversation around how we can support children's mental health, and why we need to extend that support for teachers.
In the Media | School Business Management