Started the journey as a Briscoe and continuing on as a Campbell
A few weeks ago I tweeted about how long this half term felt and how Christmas was so far away. This past week the music leader in my school sent an email round to let everyone know that Christmas Concert song practice would start in December. It's an unwritten rule at my school that we …
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So far I have been a Business Manager in two different schools. When I think about things like Ofsted ratings, demographics, borough, roll numbers I can see glaring differences between the two. But what they have in common (as with all schools I hope) is the drive and desire to make it a wonderful experience …
I quite often qualify my SBM Twitter posts with a variant of "I'm still new to this". It seems to type itself without me even thinking about it but something unexpected happened recently that made me re-evaluate this assessment of myself. I got a call from one of the Senior HR officers at my LA …
As I approach my third year anniversary of becoming a Business Manager I find that my focus is moving more towards my practice. Much of the first two years was about learning the ropes. My experience of becoming an SBM is that it is like jumping into the deep end of the swimming pool. You …
Back in 2006, in my late 20s, I filled out an application form with my Local Authority to volunteer to be a school governor. I had been working the Education department of a neighbouring LA for the last 3 years at that point. Added to that I was raised by parents (especially my Mother) who …
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Every morning I meet with my Head Teacher and Deputy Head for a briefing meeting. Some days the meetings last for 15 mins, other days they last for 45 mins. Inevitably I find myself jotting things down throughout the meeting - making notes about things cropping up I need to do and things that I …
I’m a great believer in keeping on top of my finances and monitoring my credit score. I’m not so bad now but there was a period in time when I was checking my credit score weekly with online (paid) subscriptions to Experian and Equifax. Nowadays you get you can access to your credit score everywhere …
First week of school over and boy it felt like a long week! This year I will be making sure I take some time to reflect at the end of each week. This is all part of quest to become an awesome SBM (which I can’t be if I have no idea what I doing …
As we moved into September most people around me were lamenting how fast this year has flown by. I’m looking at it from a different point of view - there’s still a quarter of the year left to go, what can I achieve in that time? What goals can I meet in the space of …
As we approach a new academic year I am raring to go and chomping at the bit to get started. I’m really looking forward to starting the year with a sense of purpose and direction - something which is a first for me. Previously I had feelings best described as anxious anticipation and nervousness. This …
