Professional Development

With our free ‘Education Hub’, we hope to empower your potential with knowledge, insights, training, and resources. With a portfolio of a broad range of tools to enhance your skillset and knowledge professionally and personally, we endeavour to work with you, no matter your area of expertise to provide valuable information.

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ISBL - School Business Professional Workforce Survey Report

The Institute of School Business Leadership has undertaken the most significant survey of the School Business Leadership community since this professional role began to emerge over 30 years ago.

The findings provide evidence of a professional community coming of age, but also identify areas where our education system could make improvements, particularly in terms of representation, strategic leadership integration and investment in professional development.

Key findings:

• The profession continues to be predominantly female profession at circa 87%

• 96% of the practitioners surveyed identified as white and more needs to be done to attract and develop a more diverse workforce

• The profession has an ageing workforce profile, and as a sector we must begin to think strategically about succession planning

• Involvement in CPD activity and workload are intrinsically linked - We need to find a better way to ensure that School Business Professionals are given the time and space to develop as a managers and leaders and to ensure that the demands being placed on them are reasonable, proportionate and sustainable.

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HAYS EDUCATION SALARY & RECRUITING TRENDS GUIDE 2023 - In collaboration with ISBL

Welcome to our 2023 Hays Education Salary & Recruiting Trends guide. We’re pleased to be partnering with the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) for a second year to bring you insights into the education employment market to support your talent management strategies in the months ahead.

What Workers Want: Working with AI

Our recent What Workers Want research of almost 9,000 respondents takes a deeper dive into the future of AI in the workplace, including responses from over 670 professionals working within education.

View this resource to read the findings.

There are a number of professional development opportunities available through ISBL from training opportunities in finance, marketing, estate management and HR to specialist qualifications from providers including CIPFA, CIPD and Chester University.