The WF School Business Managers Network meets every six weeks and provides free guidance and training to school business professionals in maintained schools.
School Business Managers (SBMs) are a key member of a school's senior leadership team. Responsibilities of a School Business Manager often include finance, human resources, infrastructure, procurement, and marketing.
In response to requests from local School Business Managers, the WF SBM Network was created to compliment the local SBM networks. It aims to provide a forum through which school business professionals in maintained schools can be provided with:
The Network meets every six weeks. Agendas are created in partnership with SBMs and generally include:
Future meeting dates:
Autumn 1 – Tuesday 3 October 2023
Autumn 2 – Tuesday 5 December 2023
Spring 1 – Tuesday 23 January 2024
Spring 2 – Tuesday 12 March 2024
Summer 1 – Tuesday 7 May 2024
Summer 2 – Tuesday 18 June 2024
All SBMs from maintained schools are actively encouraged to attend or send an appropriate member of their business/administrative team. For further information, please contact the Education Business Effectiveness Service.