I am a business leader in a four-form entry school managing a team of eight staff and we are responsible for everything, except teaching. We cover HR, payroll, facilities management, health and safety, finance, procurement and administration and contracts management.
Headteachers can lack the experience to recruit effective business leaders. They understand the need for operational staff, for instance they might buy-in a finance service where local authority financial staff come in once or twice a month. What they don’t always appreciate is the strategic role of a school business leader.
Even now, when business leaders are more common, it is not unusual for the role to evolve as time goes by. In some ways, this is flattering because it means that the senior leadership team recognises our skills and trusts us to do our best for the school – but it can be daunting for new business leaders who at times may find that the job is not quite as advertised.
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