New ways to drive efficiencies in a secondary school – five important things to consider. Josh Greaves talks about the challenges schools face in the current economic climate and offers his advice

School business professionals were a relatively new breed when I left Nottingham University seven years ago with a degree in politics. Many schools were still reliant on support from the local authority and the role of a school business leader was still emerging.

I studied for a series of post-graduate school business director qualifications run by the National College, including the Advanced Diploma in School Business Management. While working on my dissertation I found that the National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) provided a professional competency framework for the role.

As time has gone on, NASBM has developed a comprehensive set of professional standards and these help schools to understand different job titles, the standards and responsibilities expected of different grades, pay structures and routes for progression.

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