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 School Resource Management - Information for Schools


​Excellent school resource management is essential for schools to reduce costs and get value for money and we are pleased to provide here some guidance for our schools.   
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Buying for Schools Website
Recommended deals are regularly reviewed, updated and published on the Government gov.uk website. 
This summarises the recommended deals that are available to schools to help you save money on some of the things you buy regularly.
Buying for Schools
Benchmarking and Data Service
Provides schools with the ability to compare your spending in various categories with that of similar schools.

Governors and school leaders can use the information on the website to challenge their Schools or Trust on their level of spend, to identify where savings could be made and to determine if there is potential to direct more resources into teaching. 
Schools Financial Benchmarking
Review of Resource Management, including Curriculum and Financial Planning
NLEs should ensure that schools undertake or have undertaken the School Resource Management Self-Assessment (Academies) or the Schools Financial Value Standard (Maintained Schools) in the last 12 months.

Noted below, these are both now compulsory returns to the Department for Education or the Local Authority and can be used to facilitate a conversation on resource management, including curriculum and financial planning.

The completion of one of these is a requirement for Tier 2 funding to be released, and confirmation that this has been done will need to be attached to the action plan developed by the NLE.
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To support a school in undertaking a review, the following guidance may be useful.​
School Resource Management
School Resource Management Self-Assessment Tool
Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS)
School Resource Management: Checklist
Financial Advice for Schools (Directory of Suppliers)
See the list here of organisations that provide financial ‘health checks’ for schools, and advice on how to source the best supplier.
Get financial advice for schools
Schools' Buying Hub South West
The Schools' Buying Hub is a free-to-use procurement service funded by the Department for Education to help schools, Academies and Multi Academy Trusts across the South West to save time and money by running competitive tenders for high value goods and services; as well as answering any general procurement related queries.

The Hub will:
  • help to devise three-year buying plans
  • assist with the management and delivery of procurements
  • signpost towards DfE recommended national deals
  • help Schools retender high value contracts such as catering, cleaning, grounds maintenance and managed ICT services
Schools Buying Hub South West
Training for Schools
The DfE have commissioned the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) to provide training for school business professionals.
​ICFP Fundamentals Webinar
If you already have some knowledge and experience of ICFP, it is recommended that you consider the intermediate training:
Using ICFP accurately and effectively in your school (Part 1: Data and Metrics)
Using ICFP accurately and effectively in your school (Part 2: Diagnosis of Issues and Strategic Decision-making)
Other ISBL Qualifications and Training for School Business Professionals:
Apprenticeships
Core qualifications
Level 4 ILM Diploma for School Business Managers
core qualification providers
Level 5 ILM Diploma for School Business Leaders
specialist qualifications
Level 7 Certificate in School Financial and Operational leadership, CIPD
CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Certificate in Human Resources for School Business Professionals
CIPS Award for School Business Professionals
Other Training Courses
Training courses present a great opportunity for development, either by developing new knowledge and skills, or keeping existing ones up-to-date within an ever-changing education sector.
other ISBL training courses

FREE Webcasts and Webinars

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The South West Buying Hub have introduced 'Hub Live!' - a webcast series that tackles thorny procurement issues in a lively and refreshing way.

Topics include:
  • Procurement Compliance
  • Procurement Planning and Timelines
  • Evaluation
  • Catering
  • Cleaning
  • Frameworks and Dynamic Purchasing Systems
You can access the free Hub Live! webcasts here
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GDPR in Schools are providing the following free webinars:


  • Data breaches that occur every day
  • What are the risks of cyber attacks
  • Your legal liabilities and responsibilities in data protection
  • Making sense of data processing agreements
  • SARS - when must you write a SAR or can you refuse
  • Brexit - the implications of data transfer outside the UK

You can access the free GDPR in Schools webinars here
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