Bursars and School Business Managers

Welcome to the NAHT Bursars and School Business Managers homepage. NAHT can support you in your role through:

• Expert advice and information on health and safety, staffing, pay, budgeting, coping with local authorities and guidance in matters relating to the relationship between the headteacher/principal and the governing body;

• Excellent publications, including Linking Finance To Your School Development Plan;

• Influencing pay and conditions on a national basis through our membership of the Social Partnership;

• Review and analysis of the Section 52 budget statement returns made by every local authority in England to compare local funding from one authority to another which helps us to answer queries from members and also put questions to the government;

• Representation at Schools Funding Implementation Group. This is a DCSF group making national decisions on school funding;

• Representation on Bursar Development Group which is managed by the TDA and is set up to develop and promote the role of bursars;

• Supporting NCSL on the Certificate in School Business Management and Diploma in School Business Management;

• Training courses such as Financial Management Standards in Schools and How to Survive Them, a course that cuts through unnecessary bureaucracy and demonstrates how these standards can be met. 

• Access to NAHT Schoolquote - an online procurement service