We are delighted to announce the NASBM National Conference 2016 will be taking place on the 8–9 November 2016 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Following the great success of last year's conference we guarantee 2016 will be bigger and better.
With over 350 delegates in attendance and an array of specialist workshops tailored for the school business management profession, make sure you are at the SBM event of the year.
Click here to download a copy of the full conference programme. The workshop programme is available to download here.
Keynote Speakers:
- Rt Hon Justine Greening MP - Secretary of State for Education (Invited)
- Jim Knight, The Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth, Chief Education Adviser, TES Global
- Lord Nash - Parliamentary Under Secretary for State Schools (Invited)
- Dr Paul Armstrong - Lecturer in Education (Leadership and Management), University of Manchester
- Emma Knights - CEO of the National Governors' Association (NGA)
- Motivational speaker - Nigel Risner
Workshop titles will include:
- Demonstrating Impact of the SBM role
- Creating the best structure for both educational and financial success
- Using business intelligence to transform financial reporting within a MAT
- Maximising your school’s resources through better buying and income generation
- Efficient staffing models and harmonising terms and conditions
- Engaging business sponsors
- Engaging effectively with the new apprenticeship frameworks and apprentice levy. How the schools sector best makes use of the Levy funding to financially benefit
- Leading From the Edge: A School Leader’s Guide to Recognising and Overcoming Stress
EARLY BIRD OFFER NOW ENDED: The early bird offer was open until Friday 8 April 2016.*
We will be holding our annual gala dinner which will include the silent auction for our charity of the year.
NASBM Charity of the year:
We will be donating to our chosen charity of the year, Diabetes UK, by holding a raffle and silent auction at the conference. ‘’There are currently 4 million people in the UK living with diabetes, including an estimated 549,000 people who have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it. That is 1 in 16 people, and this figure is rising. A further 11.5 million people in the UK are at increased risk of getting Type 2 diabetes in the near future.
Every 3 minutes somebody is told they have diabetes in the UK. Diabetes is the biggest public health issue of our time accounting for 10% of the NHS budget, that’s £1 million every hour spent on treating diabetes and its complications. Diabetes UK is the leading diabetes charity in the UK and they are there for everyone living with diabetes, their families, friends and carer’s. Click here to see the items donated so far.
For queries regarding National Conference please contact Julia Warmington, T: 02476 231221, E: [email protected]
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* Early bird offers are honoured if booked before the 8 April 2016 and invoice fully paid within 28 days of receipt of invoice
Testimonials
This was my first NASBM Conference and I was so very impressed with the exceptional quality of the speakers, including those exhibitors who presented workshop sessions. The presentations by Danny Crates & Steve Cunningham were also truly motivational and inspiring. Also all of the exhibitors were relevant to our roles as SBM's. I've already shared with my Headteacher this morning that this is one of the best and most effective conferences that I have attended.
Amazing and very useful experience - thank you!
SBM Professional who attended the 2015 National Conference
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel
The Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel is one of the UK's largest residential conference hotels. With space for up to 2000 delegates, our 33 meeting and event rooms are perfect for all manner of corporate meetings and events in the West Midlands. The Hilton Birmingham Metropole offers a selection of 790 guest rooms and suites, providing a home-away-from-home for you and your delegates.
The Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel is the number one choice for over 1700 Birmingham conferences and meetings each year. Our Conference & Events team aims to achieve the highest quality and standards, and the hotel boasts three restaurants, outstanding leisure facilities, and all the convenient amenities you'd expect from a pre-eminent business hotel.
At the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel, our staff pride themselves on their dedication to exceptional service. From the moment you arrive until the minute you leave, the comfort and well-being of you and your delegates will be our absolute priority.
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Jim Knight,The Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth
Jim Knight is Chief Education Adviser at TES Global. In his previous role at the company he was the Managing Director of Online Learning, where he built an online teacher development platform. He is a member of the House of Lords and a visiting Professor at the London Knowledge Lab of the Institute of Education. As a minister his portfolios included rural affairs, schools, digital and employment. He attended weekly Cabinet in 2009-2010, before joining the Lords after the 2010 General Election. Jim is also involved in developing solar powered digital projectors for wireless use with iPads in schools in Africa and Asia, and on malaria diagnosis using smartphones. He is chair of the Tinder Foundation and the Nominet Trust.
Russell Hobby
Russell Hobby is general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers. NAHT is the largest union for school leaders in the UK, representing over 28,500 members in every phase of education. Before taking up this post in 2010, Russell worked as a management consultant and in the software industry. Russell is also a trustee of the Brilliant Club, Teaching Leaders and the Teacher Development Trust. He is a member of the advisory board of Future Leaders, the management board for NAHT Edge and the Independent State School Partnership forum.
Caroline Doherty
Caroline Doherty is a conference producer in the events team at The Key where she also works on external relations. She graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Classics in 2006 and began her working life teaching in an independent school. Prior to joining The Key in March 2015, she spent nearly five years at the charity Business in the Community- initially in the CEO’s team and then managing the Education Campaign which aimed to get more businesses to work in partnership with schools. She has also worked in policy at the Charity Commission and as a researcher at Buckingham Palace. She is currently the chair of governors at a primary school in Hackney.
Dr Paul Armstrong
Dr. Paul Armstrong is Lecturer in Education at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester where he teaches on MA programmes in educational leadership and management and research methods. His main research interests are contemporary forms of educational leadership and management while his current research agenda concerns the evolving role and influence of school business managers in England. Paul has previously worked at the University of Nottingham and University College London on two international research projects exploring leadership and policy enactments in schools in England and Hong Kong and the working practices of young school leaders in London, New York and Toronto.
Nigel Risner
As the only motivational speaker in Europe to have been awarded Speaker of the Year from both The Academy for Chief Executives and Vistage (formerly known as The Executive Committee), Nigel is a respected author, television presenter and a prolific speaker. He speaks with authority: his own life having veered perilously away from comfortable norms at times. He has learned – the hard way – that positive results can come from negative experiences, and that we often learn best from situations which are unfamiliar and even uncomfortable. Nigel's presentations are always lively and unusual. Delegates emerge fired with enthusiasm and raring to go - and, most importantly, have the information that will help them to realise their goals.
Emma Knights
Emma Knights is Chief Executive of the National Governors’ Association (NGA) - the leading charity for guidance, research, advice and training for school governors and trustees. Prior to her appointment in 2010 she was joint CEO of the Daycare Trust. Before that, she worked in a number of roles in the voluntary sector, particularly in the Legal Services Commission, Citizens Advice and the Local Government Association. As well as leading projects on child poverty and educational attainment, Emma has written on a wide range of topics and is co-author of the Chair’s Handbook. She regularly addresses legislators and the media on governance issues, as well as school governors, trustees, clerks and school leaders. She was a governor at a secondary school in Warwickshire for seven years and recently became a founding trustee of the Foundation for Leadership in Education. Follow Emma on Twitter @NGAMedia.