If you are visually impaired or blind, you can visit the PDF version by Pressing CONTROL + ALT + 4
<br /> THE<br /> VOICE<br /> BLOWING<br /> THE<br /> WHISTLE<br /> The rise in openness,<br /> honesty and accountability<br /> THE IMPORTANCE<br /> OF FINANCIAL<br /> GOVERNANCE<br /> Effective processes and<br /> expectations for schools<br /> ISSUE 20 | SPRING 2019<br /> MAKING THE<br /> MOST OF<br /> OUR SIMILARTIES<br /> What can education leaders<br /> learn from the NHS?<br /> INCLUDING<br /> THE VOICE - BUILDING & MAINTENANCE SUPPLEMENT<br /> PREPARING FOR OFSTED | TACKLING FRAUD | MENTAL HEALTH<br /> Smart Connect Quick Order Share Basket Wishlists Repeat Order<br /> 03 EDITOR’S LETTER<br /> All we can do as professionals is plan for<br /> what is known and prepare for the unexpected.<br /> Bethan Cullen<br /> It is during times of uncertainty that school<br /> <a title="The Voice 20 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=1"> THE VOICE BLOWING THE WHISTLE The rise in openne</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=2"> Smart Connect Quick Order Share </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=3"> 03 EDITOR’S LETTER </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=4"> e Education Recruitment Experts 1.8 Mill</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=5"> 05 CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN WORD FROM THE CHIEF </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=6"> Choose staff absence insurance you can depend on.</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=7"> 07 CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN Establishment level </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=8"> Nationwide Retail Systems is now Civica Cashle</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=9"> 09 CONTENTS CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE 14 18 47 5</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=10"> The UK's best parent app just got better YOUR S</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=11"> 11 MEMBER INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=12"> REGULARS 12 BOOK REVIEWS In a new regular fea</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=13"> 13 REGULARS REACHING FOR THE TOP ISBL CEO Ste</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=14"> FINANCE 14 THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL GOVERN</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=15"> 15 FINANCE Top Tips: 1 Ensure your governor </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=16"> Are your Academy buildings fit for learning? </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=17"> 17 FINANCE TOP TIPS FOR FMS TENDERS Whether y</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=18"> FINANCE 18 BLOWING THE WHISTLE In ev</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=19"> 19 FINANCE “Colleagues use me as a sounding</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=20"> INTEGRATED Human Resources, Payroll and Talent </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=21"> 21 FINANCE that ‘no one likes a grass’ persi</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=22"> ReRevevovoloulutluitoitoinoninsisinsinigngfinfinana</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=23"> TThTheheCCeCenentnrtartarlialsilseiseded,d,In,I</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=24"> LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES 24 BE PREPARED The ap</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=25"> 25 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES “My job is a con</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=26"> Part of the AdEPT Group AWARD-WINNING, MONEY-S</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=27"> AUDIO VISUAL AV PRODUCTS, INSTALLATIONS & SUPP</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=28"> LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES 28 ASPIRING APPRENTIC</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=29"> 29 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES The level 4 appre</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=30"> Showing you the way Straightforward legal advice </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=31"> 31 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES UPDATED ISBL PROF</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=32"> LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES 32 HOW TO INFLUENCE</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=33"> 33 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES “View the lack o</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=34"> Messaging Direct communication to parents – whet</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=35"> Simple for parents “Parents' Evening Ma</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=36"> LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES 36 MAKING THE MOST OF</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=37"> 37 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES The word is </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=38"> Leading education lawyers We have worked with s</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=39"> 39 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES HERE TO SERVE YOU.</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=40"> LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES 40 COUNTING THE COST </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=41"> 41 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES As we move closer</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=42"> New innovative food choices and offers in 2019 fo</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=43"> 43 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES HACK ATTACKS</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=44"> A LOT HAS CHANGED </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=45"> 45 LEADING SUPPORT SERVICES Dealing with frau</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=46"> RECOGNISING SAFETY EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOLS SafetyM</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=47"> 47 MEMBERSHIP NATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTI</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=48"> Faster speeds at better prices Did you know, G.f</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=49"> 49 MEMBERSHIP “The event ha</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=50"> HR 50 STUDENT STRESS AND SERIOUS ANXIETY</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=51"> 51 HR Government intervention In 2015, the G</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=52"> </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=53"> 53 HR GETTING THE AD RIGHT Writing a good job </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=54"> HR 54 CREATE THE WORK LIFE YOU WANT In the fir</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=55"> 55 HR Elaine has continued to advance her kn</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=56"> Follow us on social: NEED NEW CONTRACTS TO BE P</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=57"> 57 PROCUREMENT EMERGING NEW STRUCTURES In Octo</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=58"> NEW NEW NEW NEW FO FR OR 20 2 1 0 9 1 !9! FOR 20</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=59"> 59 PROCUREMENT “The reason for forming the t</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=60"> IT support is in forward-thinking sc</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=61"> 61 H&S LEARNING AWAY Many successful </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=62"> H&S 62 Top Tips: 1 The HSE encourages </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=63"> Do you want to generate more i</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=64"> </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=65"> SUPPLEMENT: BUILDING & MAINTENANCE PULLI</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=66"> Do you want to generate more i</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=67"> 03 CONTENTS Editor’s column Welcome to the bui</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=68"> INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IS MORE THAN DISABILITY </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=69"> 05 FINANCE COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCES Since 2013,</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=70"> FINANCE 06 THUMBS UP FOR LOTTERY FUNDING In 20</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=71"> 07 FINANCE It was them! Imaginative schemes </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=72"> ADVERTORIAL 08 FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FLAT ROOF SO</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=73"> Solar funding for your school’s flat roof </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=74"> MEMBER BENEFITS 10 PRAGMATIC AND SUSTAINABLE </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=75"> 11 M E M B E R B E N E F I T S “In estates</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=76"> OUR SUPER POWER ALLOWS YOU TO HANDLE D</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=77"> 13 MEMBER BENEFITS TURNING RESOURCES INTO REV</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=78"> THE ENVIRONMENT 14 BRAVE, RENEWABLE WORLD </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=79"> 15 THE ENVIRONMENT “ There are a number of</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=80"> </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=81"> 17 THE ENVIRONMENT BUILDING OFFSITE With the </a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=82"> THE ENVIRONMENT 18 “ The goal is to make mo</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=83"> Faster speeds at better prices Did you know, G.f</a> <a title="The Voice 20 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/20af1866?page=84"> </a>