Leadership Bites for aspiring, new and experienced Assistant and Deputy Headteachers: session three – school finance

Venue: Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage

About this course

This session will help you to gain an increased understanding of the financial planning and management issues relevant to primary schools.

The particular areas covered will include:

• essential checklist for financial reporting
• roles and responsibilities in financial management
• producing a strategic financial plan
• areas of expenditure and key KPIs
• key risk areas in your school’s financial plan
• how can you find the funds for what you want to do
• strategies for reducing spending
• schools Financial Value Standards
• latest update in areas affecting schools finance

Learning Outcomes

• an increased understanding of the financial planning and financial management issues relevant to primary schools
• an improved understanding of techniques for allocating resources
• a checklist of reporting and financial management tasks