School Business Professional Apprenticeship

Apprenticeships

Level 4 School Business Professional

What is a school business professional?

School Business Professionals (SBPs) have a distinct and specialised role within educational institutions.

They are responsible for overseeing and coordinating various financial, site, and support services within the school setting.

SBPs play a crucial role in supporting school leadership teams by effectively implementing their financial and business strategies.

This role typically includes:

Drafting and monitoring the school budget, setting up financial controls and reporting on performance to ensure the best value for money is achieved; managing payroll, maintaining accounts and financial reporting to the headteacher and governors
Management of the school site to ensure that it provides a safe and suitable learning environment; procurement of goods and services to achieve the best value and overseeing contract management, e.g. staff, catering and maintenance contracts
Identification of income generation opportunities on a small scale, supporting the SBD in larger opportunities
Preparation of marketing materials and leading a range of marketing activities to add value and promote the school externally
Responsibility for managing office and other support staff and for developing and maintaining effective administrative systems, e.g. student record-keeping systems; implementation of school HR processes
Ensuring compliance with and implementation of safeguarding and Health & Safety policies so that all stakeholders work in a safe and healthy

Apprentices will benefit from:

Earn while you learn

Gain experience in the education business sector

No learning costs for the Apprentice

Careers

Potential career paths of School Business Professional Apprentices…

Various finance roles
Procurement
Infrastructure
Governance
Project Management

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How will I be assessed?

Assessment is the completion of a project and building a portfolio on the programme, this is done by witness testimony, delivery of knowledge content with a personal tutor on a 1-1 basis, assignment work, work-based documentation evidence and discussion.

Full support from your personal tutor throughout the programme

Your final assessment will be a presentation of the project and the completion of a scenario-based task to complete a governor report on a given subject.

Progression routes

Progression can be to School Bursar, Financial manager, School Governance Manager.

On completion, you can become a member of the Institute of School Business Leaders.

School Business Professional Apprenticeship

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