This Zone is home to the biggest players and providers in school business and financial management. With help from specialist procurement advice, improved financial management, and planning systems, schools could save far more than needed to fund any ‘little extras’.
Visit our dedicated zone for Business & Finance and be part of the conversation with the Department for Education and the Education & Skills Funding Agency as they assess the latest developments impacting the funding landscape, and how all schools can further develop their financial management and business planning, in order to deliver improved efficiency outcomes across their institution.
All of the Business and Finance related sessions at the Schools & Academies Show are fully CPD certified.
Business & Finance Sessions include:
We sat down with Peter Wilson, CFO of Academy Transformation Trust, a large MAT based across the Midlands, the East and South-East of England to take a deep dive into the complex world of MAT finance. ATT has had some big structural changes recently; how did you identify what improvements needed to be made? […]
What can your school business professional do for you? The answer is no longer a simple one of just saving time and money. While these are obviously attractive benefits of the position for headteachers, the modern school business professional role goes further than this. In schools and trusts today, the school business professional has a […]
Funding is one, if not the hottest topic in education right now so I am very much looking forward to my first opportunity to speak at the Show, in my new role as ASCL Business Leadership Specialist, about building financial resilience in the current climate. In light of the constant pressures faced by many in […]
In the 20 years I have worked in the education sector as a teacher, head and now academy trust chief executive, I have advocated a range of approaches to raising standards and enhancing student attainment. Against a backdrop of ever tighter funding, it is increasingly clear that this also needs to be achieved while ensuring […]
