Our School Business Manager apprenticeship course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to oversee financial and operational management, procurement, human resources, infrastructure, governance and marketing within a school setting.

The School Business Manager performs a role which is unique to schools: administering and managing the financial, site and support services within the school context. They provide essential support to school leadership teams, implementing their financial and business decisions.

During your apprenticeship as a School Business Manager, you will compile evidence demonstrating occupational skills, knowledge and behaviours; underpinning the con­fidence and competence gained in all aspects of the standard. We will support you with one to one workplace visits, virtual learning modules (VLE), and remote sessions. Candidates are required to complete a workplace project on two of the following areas: Finance, Procurement Human Resource, Managing Support Services, Marketing and Infrastructure. The project will underpin the End Point Assessment (EPA) project report, presentation and Q&A completed during EPA. End Point Assessment (EPA) is the name given to a series of tests an apprentice must take at the end of an apprenticeship to prove their ability to do the job they have been training for.

An apprenticeship standard in School Business Professional at Level 4 is a nationally recognised route to a wide variety of school management professions. The standards and assessment plans that candidates work towards are set by a number of big schools and colleges. Heart of England Training works alongside the Institute of School Business Leadership to promote and deliver this standard – click here for details.