School business manager: developing the role

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • review a job description for a business manager that takes account of today's context
  • understand how a business manager can support teaching and learning and all stakeholders
  • understand and use a range of analytical tools
  • apply these analytical tools to your school's situation, in particular responding to government agendas
  • understand how benchmarking data can be used to compare and contrast expenditure and resource management.