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Administrators

Administrators

Headteachers’ PAs
School Secretaries
Administration Assistants
Examinations Officers / Invigilators
Reprographics
Receptionists
Attendance Clerks

Administrative staff provide essential back-up services for the whole school.

For more information on qualifications in school administration and business management

Administration assistants

Administration assistants perform a wide range of office support duties including data entry, photocopying, filing and answering the phone.

Secretaries

Secretaries provide administrative support to the school. They perform a wide range of duties including answering the telephone, typing letters, dealing with mail, greeting visitors and keeping records.

Exam officers

Many secondary schools now have an exams officer: a non-teaching member of staff whose role is to submit exam entries, organise timetables, oversee exams and process the results.
The National Assessment Agency (NAA) Exams Office provides training and support for exam officers in schools. Their website includes information about:

• training opportunities, including free courses available both online and at training centres
• one-to-one support from the NAA's team of 40 field officers
• good practice guidance (including case studies)
  grants for exams equipment such as PC hardware and software, secure storage facilities, phones, pagers and walkie-talkies
• invigilator resources, including recruitment and training materials.

Finance

Bursars
Finance Officers
Assistant Finance Officers

Bursars

Bursars work as part of the senior management team and play a crucial role in managing a school’s financial resources, facilities, contracts and recruitment.

The role goes by different names in different schools – senior administrative officer, bursar, business manager – but the focus is on providing expert managerial, administrative and finance services to support schools and their leadership teams.

Certificate in Educational Business and Administration

Who is it for?

The Certificate in Educational Business and Administration is an accredited level 3 qualification. It is an initial qualification in educational administration with particular appeal to administrative staff seeking to do any of the following:

• develop their professional competence in relation to their role
• extend their knowledge and skills and deepen their understanding of business administration
• develop a career in administration and / or business management
• develop themselves personally

This may also serve as useful preparation if you wish to go on to other higher level courses, such as the National College’s Certificate in School Business Management.

The programme has a flexible structure which makes it suitable for individuals from all phases - Primary, Secondary and Special - and may also be of interest to administrators working within a Local Authority.

What does the programme involve?

The programme takes approximately seven months to complete and, during that time, you will attend one and a half days of training, at a local venue. There will be two months between the two training events and, in between these events, and for the whole duration of the course, you
will keep in contact with your tutor and other group members through our dedicated online learning system and via e-mail.

This programme consists of four compulsory units: Personal Effectiveness, Understanding your Organisation, Working with People and Effective Administration.

and one supplementary unit from a choice of four: Financial Management, Human Resources (HR), Health & Safety Management and Marketing in Education.

At the end of the programme, you will submit your portfolio of work for assessment which consists of responses to the exercises covered during the programme, end of unit summaries of learning and a short work-related report. Upon successful completion of the programme you will
receive two awards:

• The Institute of Administrative Management’s Certificate in Administrative Management
• ELC’s Certificate in Educational Business and Administration

This programme is taking place:
Hertfordshire Development Centre
Six Hills Way
Stevenage SG1 2FQ

Day 1: Friday 21 June 2013 at 9.00am - 4.00pm
Day 2: Thursday 19 September 2013 at 9.00am – 1.00pm

The cost is £395. Applications must be in by Friday 7 June 2013.

To book on this programme please contact us:

Tel: 01223 652030
Email: ceba@elc-cambridge.org
Visit www.elc-cambridge.org

Certificate or Diploma of School Business Management

If you are currently employed as a bursar and interested in taking on a wider, more strategic role, you can study for a Certificate or Diploma of School Business Management. Funding is available for 1,400 people to train for these programmes through the National College for Teaching & Leadership (formerly the NCSL).

Certificate of School Business Management - Information from the National College Website

• http://www.education.gov.uk/nationalcollege/index/professional-development/csbm.htm

Diploma of School Business Management - Information from the National College Website

• http://www.education.gov.uk/nationalcollege/index/professional-development/dsbm.htm

A comprehensive free digest of job vacancies for bursars and business managers taken from local education authority (LA) and other websites around the country, can be found on the Radcliffe Gower site.