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THE
VOICE
ISSUE 19 | AUTUMN 2018
FINDING YOUR VOICE
A summary of ISBL's professional
confidence research, findings and
recommendations.
MEETING MENTAL
HEALTH
CHALLENGES
Pressures facing the delivery
of SEND services.
INSPIRING
GOVERNANCE
The benefits of being
a governor at another
local school.
INCLUDING
THE VOICE - HEALTH AND WELLBEING SUPPLEMENT
mentoring & coaching in CPD | Future proofing funding | technology in recruitment
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THIS TERM BE A SMARTER SBM Smarter SBMs choose
03 EDITOR’S LETTER LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN 04 WORD FROM THE CHIEF
05 CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN The research will l
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07 CONTENTS CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE 39 25%
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09 MEMBER INFORMATION ROLL OF HONOUR The follow
REGULARS 10 BOOK REVIEWS In a new regular fea
11 REGULARS / FINANCE Eat that Frog
PS Pay PS Financials CLO U S
Staff Development Accident Reporting
Choose staff absence insurance you can depend on.
15 FINANCE FUTURE-PROOFING FUNDING Dec
Leading education lawyers We have worked with s
17 FINANCE “Schools may well lose students
FINANCE 18 DON’T GIVE IN TO THE PRESSURE Wou
19 FINANCE “If you feel your sch
The UK's best parent app just got better YOUR S
21 TRAINING MENTORING AND COACHING PLAY
TRAINING 22 “Mentoring focuses on supportin
TRAINING 24 FINDING YOUR VOICE Following the a
25 TRAINING 䭥y challenges INCREASI
TRAINING 26 3. Practitioner-level work
IT support is in forward-thinking sc
RECOGNISING SAFETY EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOLS SafetyM
29 TRAINING THE POWER OF PROCUREMENT ‘Look aft
TRAINING 30 HOW QUALIFICATIONS CAN FAST-TRACK
31 TRAINING LA finance team. Although the ac
35 TRAINING ‘ASK THE EXPERTS’ PILOT The Depart
Your Specialist Academy Partner for Estates Strat
37 HR MEETING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES As the
39 HR TECHNOLOGY TIPPING RECRUITMENT TALLY A d
MARKETING 40 ALL TOGETHER NOW Russell Dalt
41 MARKETING Top Tips: 1 Face-to-face discussi
Formerly EduKent EXPO & Conference Join us
43 ICT IT EFFICIENCY Is your IT working as eff
45 ICT now simply taken for granted. But do y
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47 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT INSPIRING GOVERNANCE
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 48
49 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT REGIONAL CONFERENCES 2
Winners of ISPA BEST SECURITY AWARD 2017 &
51 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT ARE YOU PROJECTING P
SchoolsUK 5 in 1 Sta Absence Cover 10% Discount
53 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 6 INSPIRATIONAL KEYN
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 54 Joined-up leadership
SIGN IN SOLUTIONS The Number One Sign In and V
SUPPLEMENT: HEALTH & WELLBEING It's a
Welcome to the Smart Clinic. Access occupational
03 CONTENTS Editor’s column The focus on healt
FINANCE 04 ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! There i
05 FINANCE The key directive from the Govern
INSURANCE 06 TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF ABSENCE As
HOW STAFF ABSENCE SOFTWARE HAS HELPED OUR SCHOOLS
LEGAL 08 EXTENDING SCHOOLS’ SAFEGUARDING DUT
09 LEGAL From 3 September 2018, all schools
HEALTH & SAFETY 10 SAFE AND SOUND A classroom
11 HEALTH & SAFETY classroom risk assessment
THE ENVIRONMENT 12 NICELY DOES IT Fixtures, f
13 HEALTH AND WELLBEING IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
HEALTH AND WELLBEING 14 “Social media is c
SAS Wellbeing for Staff and Pupils “SAS celebrati
Civica Education Suite for schools and multi-acad