First day back after a weeks leave... the next six weeks are going to be hard work 🙄
SpecialSBM
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Retired SBM of a independent SEMH special school and college.
The sun comes out and you have to send round the dress code reminder via email again. Every year. Every bloomin' year!
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Fancy being the School Business Manager of a medium sized SEMH indy special school? My role is up for grabs as from September. It's a lovely school with a great staff team and amazing students. Advert going up soon!
Sunshine and fresh air on a 7 mile walk to Canterbury and back today.
We have some outstanding unqualified teachers at our special, they are more than capable of leading high quality lessons.
Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · last yr.Special school leaders fear the government’s plans to ensure all teachers have qualified teacher status (QTS) could limit the curriculum and worsen the recruitment crisis
Aaaahh, half term. Just me and the facilities team. Peace and quiet to get on with some bigger bits I don't normally get round to.
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Are there many SBM's going to Ed Exec Live in London? I haven't been for a few years and quite fancy it 🙂
This is an interesting one...why was nobody at the school initially checking this over? Do you ever look at your PTA accounts? www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-we...
Woman admits stealing £7k from bank account for school uniforms
A woman in charge of ordering school uniforms has admitted pocketing more than £7,600 into her own bank account.
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I've had such a lovely week. I've got my work up to date, had conversations with staff members I don't normally see and have had lunch with some amazing students. The best week in a long long time.
Lovely day in London walking the Regents Canal from Kings Cross to Paddington. Then the National Portrait Gallery and South Bank.
Access is an awful system. The group I work for uses it for finance and HR and it makes life miserable. This unfortunately doesn't come as a surprise.
Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2y ago💻 Exclusive: A council has admitted at least 33 schools have been affected by issues with a budgeting software Some, according to whistleblowers, have made financial and staffing decisions based on the forecasts, and now face making redundancies https://buff.ly/4hfvvkV
I've reached the point in the term where things that can wait are in the 'do during half term' folder 😂
I'm genuinely surprised that so many people opt out.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies@theifs.bsky.social · 2y ago📊 #IFSSatStat: 24% of Bangladeshi and 16% of Pakistani employees eligible for auto-enrolment opt out of a workplace pension, compared to the average opt-out rate of 12%. Opting out means missing out on employer pension contributions and generous tax reliefs for pension saving.
After a year away from SBM networking and nattering, back to catch up with what's going on away from the independent sector 😬