Earning Criteria

• This person is able to:
• Understand leadership and development in a school
• Support and develop team working
• Seek feedback on own performance and plan personal development
• Support change and innovation
• Understand Health & Safety and safeguarding in a school environment
• Manager operations to achieve consistency between functions/departments
• Understand policy and legislation that affects schools
• Understand finance decisions made in schools
• Understand school budget planning and delivery
• Support the planning, preparation and monitoring of a school’s budget
• Know how to administer and report finances
• Understand how to manage financial control systems in a school
• This person is able to:
• Understand procurement strategy in a school
• Manage the tendering process
• Know how to support contractor and supplier management in a school
• Understand different joint working arrangements in a school
• Understand how employment and discrimination law impact school operations
• Review school staffing strucutres
• Understand the principles and procedures for recruitment and selection in schools
• Understand how reward and recognition can be used in a school
• Support professional development in a school
• Understand assess management in a school
• Review and plan school asset management activities
• Support capital management activities in a school
• Support resources and facilities management in a school
• Plan and evaluate school marketing activites
• Understand the importance of managing a school’s reputation
• Know how communication and promotional activities can be effectively used by schools
• Identify and plan income generating activity in a school
• This qualification is regulated by Ofqual in England and Northern Ireland