Pupil Achievement through the Eyes of Financial Benchmarking

• conduct a structural financial review, which is educationally driven, using a bespoke analysis tool and the school's benchmarking website as required by the SFVS

• using evaluation techniques to assess whether resource allocations are balanced appropriately to deliver pupil achievement targets

• develop a bespoke action plan with one-to-one support from the facilitator which will identify issues of strength and concern and suggest areas for further investigation on returning to school

• evaluating, with transparent supporting facts and data, whether your school is delivering appropriate educational outcomes in relation to the costs incurred

• enabling you to comply with the requirements of SFVS

• enabling you to compare your school's outcomes against other schools of similar pupil profile and evaluate whether resource allocation is helping you achieve attainment and achievement goals similar to, or better than, your benchmarking cohort

On completion you will have:

• a detailed analysis of your school's costing structure, prepared by the course facilitator, typed and forwarded to you within three weeks of attending the programme

• a list of issues to investigate further or raise and discuss with the governing body and leadership team

• the skills to benchmark and evaluate independently in subsequent years