Business & Finance Zone

THE BUSINESS & FINANCE ZONE IS AT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOLS & ACADEMIES SHOW!

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.

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Expert Business and Finance Speakers at the Schools & Academies Show

The Rt Hon. David Laws
Former Minister of State for Schools and Executive Chairman
Education Policy Institute (EPI) (Confirmed)
Tom Goldman
Deputy Director, Funding Policy Unit
Department for Education (Confirmed)
Judy Shaw
President
NAHT (Confirmed)
Stephen Morales
Chief Executive
Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) (Confirmed)
Simon Arnold
Headteacher
Oak Meadow Primary School,
Winner of the Income Generator Award
National Schools Awards (Confirmed)
Tanya Arkle
Non-executive Director
Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust,
Deputy Director, Academies South
Education and Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
Rachael Saunders
Education Director
Business in the Community (Confirmed)
Andrew Bacon OBE
CEO
Enactus
Michael Larsen
Vice-Chair of Trust Board
Aspire Academy Trust,
Chair of Finance and Audit Committee
Aspire Academy Trust (Confirmed)
Patrick Condon FCIPS Chartered, PGCE
Head of Procurement
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (Confirmed)
Leah Fletcher
Commercial Agreement Manager, Education Technology
Crown Commercial Services (Confirmed)
Steve Mitchell
Director
Keystone Knowledge,
Fellow
Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)
Rachel Younger
Chair
NAHT SBL sector council,
School Business Leader
St Nicholas C of E Primary School (Confirmed)
Sue Birchall
School Business Leader
The Malling School (Confirmed)
Jonathan Simons
Director
Public First (Confirmed)
Natasha Plaister
Statistician
FFT Education Datalab (confirmed)
Carl Fagan
Funding Policy Unit
Department for Education (Confirmed)
Dr Janet Lord
Faculty Head of Education
Manchester Metropolitan University (Confirmed)
Vince Jubb
CDC, Communications and Stakeholder Manager
Department for Education (Confirmed)
Peter Barrett
Honorary Research Fellow (Department of Education)
Oxford University,
Emeritus Professor
University of Salford (Confirmed)
Gavin Monument
Better Financial Reporting Programme
Department for Education (Confirmed)
Gemma Donnelly
Head of the Local Authority Funding Policy Team and Stakeholder Engagement Team
Education & Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
Andy Humphreys
Head of Academies Data Team, Quality Data Delivery Unit
Education & Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
Miranda Cochrane
Director Of Communications
British Chambers of Commerce (Invited)
Simon Laheny
Headteacher
Furness Academy (Invited)

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Business and Finance Sessions

All of the Business and Finance related sessions at the Schools & Academies Show are fully CPD certified.

Business & Finance Sessions include:

Day 1 - September 29, 2020

  • MAIN STAGE

  • SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SUMMIT

    • 2:20 pm
      Leading Excellent School Resource Management
      Go to session

  • BUSINESS & FINANCE THEATRE

    • 10:30 am
      Efficient Resource Management
      Go to session
    • 11:20 am
      Understanding Academy Funding
      Go to session
    • 12:10 pm
      School Buying Strategy
      Go to session
    • 1:00 pm
      More with Less Funding: How Are Schools Tackling this Issue?
      Go to session
    • 1:50 pm
      How to Make a Framework Work – Understanding What Frameworks Deliver
      Go to session
    • 2:40 pm
      Building Capability: Condition Data Collection 2020-21
      Go to session
    • 3:30 pm
      Maximising School Improvement Opportunity
      Go to session

Day 2 - September 30, 2020

  • MAT SUMMIT

    • 10:20 am
      Managing the Centralisation of Your Trust’s Operational Teams
      Go to session
    • 1:00 pm
      How to Assess and Improve your MAT’s Financial Health
      Go to session

  • BUSINESS & FINANCE THEATRE

    • 10:00 am
      Implementing GAG Pooling in Your Trust – the Practical Pro’s and Con’s
      Go to session
    • 10:50 am
      Understanding Academy Funding
      Go to session
    • 11:40 am
      Education Technology and Making it Work for You
      Go to session
    • 12:30 pm
      Better Financial Reporting – Simplifying your Financial Reporting
      Go to session
    • 1:20 pm
      Tools for Excellent Resource Management
      Go to session
    • 2:10 pm
      Case Study: Income Innovation with IMPACT
      Go to session

  • LEADERS' TOWN HALL

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Exhibitors within this Zone

C50 & F10
E18
H10
G16
G10
E15
H36
B32
F8
H22
J20
E16
H26
E24
G18
E10
H32
H20
A16
H14
H18
H38
H16
F2
G12

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Business and Finance News

National Schools Awards to Recognise Sector’s Dedication During Uncertain Times

The Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) in conjunction with the Schools & Academies Show, officially launched the National Schools Awards 2020 today; 20th May. This initiative will bring together more than 250 school leaders and education pioneers to celebrate and reward excellence from across the industry. Baroness Berridge, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for […]

Chris Callaghan
Stephen Morales

Transforming Academy Finance

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? […]

joshuaw
school business professional

What can your school business professional do for you?

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 […]

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Building Financial Resilience

Building Financial Resilience in a Brave New World

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 […]

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