Last week in this column, I explored some of the challenges facing headteachers in relation to the financial management of schools and the way in which schools are funded (http://bit.ly/2i6Pl7b).
My over-riding reflections were that headteachers receive an inadequate amount of training and support in preparation for the huge levels of accountability that come with managing multi-million pound budgets of public money. Heads are faced with a sink or swim situation and the price of getting things wrong is a heavy one.
We are hugely reliant on the strategic direction for finances that an effective business manager can provide. In fact, a great business manager will take away the distraction of anything that isn’t “student-facing” so that the headteacher and leadership team can devote themselves almost entirely to raising education standards and student outcomes.
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