Gloucestershire Association of School Business Management
(GASBM) membership is open to all serving Business Managers, Bursars, School Administrators and Finance Officers in the area.
We are a thriving group with membership of over 170 schools; meetings are held three times a year with a combination of presentations and, increasingly, workshop style discussions.
In addition we have a very successful and effective web forum which allows members to ask for support and advice on any aspects of school business management for example staffing, suppliers, policies and financial management.
We particularly work on a collaborative basis; we have self-support groups on academy conversion, including selection of solicitors, auditors and financial systems.
We hold training sessions on a range of topics including Strategic Financial Planning, Managing Staff Reduction and Staff restructuring and redundancy. We have developed a detailed Benchmarking tool covering support staff which has been taken up by a number of Gloucestershire secondary schools.
Martin Doidge of Cirencester Deer Park School is currently Chair.
Contact: Martin Doidge, Cirencester Deer Park School