The National College for School Leadership (NCSL) has announced plans to develop the role of business managers from a non-teaching background who could save head teachers' time.
The drive to fulfil the extended schools core offer and develop more external partnerships has seen the role of head teachers grow significantly in recent years. Children's Secretary Ed Balls, who gave the NCSL the go ahead to develop the roles, said business managers would help schools join up with others to provide extended services. He added that it would mean procurement could be shared across groups of schools, saving time and money.
Advanced school business managers would work across small groups of primary schools and the higher-level school business director positions would operate in larger groups of schools to provide strategic business leadership.
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