A summer blog from @StAnnesWSM reflecting on learning #keepitsimple #lovetolearn
Author: HBurge
Deputy COO, The Priory Learning Trust.
ISBL Fellow.
Founder member of Somerset School Business Leaders ISBL group
#SBMLunch
It’s coming up two years since the concept of #SBMLunch was first tweeted about and yet I’m still not perfecting this aspect of my well-being. Don’t get me wrong I have lunch, otherwise I would fall over, I just eat it at my desk or in the car, whilst checking emails or reviewing my lists… Continue reading #SBMLunch
Notes from a hospital waiting room
On the 2nd June I shall be walking 30 miles along the West Mendip way. This is about the 5th time I have done this and the event, organised by Weston Hospicecare, has 10, 20 and 30 mile options. This year over 100 people from across our Trust are taking part at whichever distance they… Continue reading Notes from a hospital waiting room
SBMs are like…
This week I had the pleasure of attending the Cotswold Edge Teaching Alliance’s first School Business Leadership Development Day held @workingsbm2017’s stunning school. Workshops included SBM Networking, the SRMA and ICFP, The new SBM, Managing your career path, Managing your estate and Managing your Headteacher. It really was a fantastic day and it was great… Continue reading SBMs are like…
We move from ‘Good to Great’ (with the support of Jim Collins)
I love my job and I love my holidays. Every holiday, I find that I have more time to think and reflect. I love reading (dodgy chick lit, Mann Booker prize novels, lots of children’s fiction, Twitter-the list goes on). I am fortunate that I can read really quickly. As a young child I remember… Continue reading We move from ‘Good to Great’ (with the support of Jim Collins)
Ask why?
At the end of a day of interviewing last Friday I asked one of our candidates a fairly standard interview penultimate question. “We have asked you lots of questions this afternoon, is there anything you would like to ask us?” He opened his notepad and had a list. I liked that. Interviewing is as much… Continue reading Ask why?
Snookered
I don’t usually comment on anything political, I’m mindful that even though these blogs are my opinions, I’ve still got a MAT I want to protect, enhance and carry on working within! So this is unusual for me but I’ve felt I cannot read all the twitter comments about School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) without… Continue reading Snookered
I wish I looked good in a cardigan…
This time last year we were working incredibly hard on the joyful work involved with academy conversion as we were preparing to join The Priory Learning Trust on 1st April 2018. One year on, 1st March, I have started to reflect on the journey we have been on. It has been a busy year, some… Continue reading I wish I looked good in a cardigan…
We all stand together
On Wednesday, Somerset School Business Leaders held their first conference in the stunning ballroom at Weston Winter Gardens. Avril and I decided to call this conference “We all stand together” as we were visualising this conference as one to unite our relatively new ISBL regional group. Avril and I couldn’t help thinking of Paul McCartney’s… Continue reading We all stand together
February Headteacher blog – Mr Potato Head
Luckily, this blog is not about running because although I love to run - speed is certainly not my forte. This is not about running but about change. Each person’s approach to change is very different. Some people hate change (I can hear my mother’s voice saying ‘hate is a very strong word!) others seem… Continue reading February Headteacher blog – Mr Potato Head
Waffles of a School Business Leader 