Guidance

Find a school business professional network

Updated 5 March 2024

Applies to England

Overview

Sign up for the school business professional (SBP) newsletter for occasional updates about SBP initiatives than can help you in your role.

You can use the School Business Professional Networks Directory to:

  • find groups in your area
  • get peer-to-peer support for school business tasks such as buying for schools
  • contact leads in your area (please use contact details for network enquiries only)

Email schools.commercial@education.gov.uk if you cannot find a network in your area or wish to add your own network to the directory.

Guidance on creating a network for school business professionals is also available.

Please note that being included in the directory does not constitute a recommendation by the Department for Education (DfE) for the network, forum or any commercial suppliers. DfE accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or content provided by individual networks or forums listed on this directory or for the promotion of any commercial supplier goods or services.

Network directory

Networks are listed by the following regions groups:

All regions: network

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Association of Network Managers in Education (ANME) Rick Cowell sbp@anme.co.uk https://www.anme.co.uk
NAMAT – National Association of Multi-Academy Trusts Lucy Hutton info@namat.co.uk https://www.namat.co.uk
National Network of Special Schools for School Business Professionals (NNoSS) Pauline Aitchison info@nnoss.co.uk https://www.nnoss.co.uk
The Trust Network James Miller info@thetrustnetwork.org.uk https://www.thetrustnetwork.org.uk/

All regions: online forum

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Association of BAME Business Leaders in Education Cheryl Campbell info@abbled.org https://www.abbled.org
FD Forum Katie Hutton admin@thefdforum.co.uk https://thefdforum.co.uk
SBL Connect Hilary Goldsmith Hello@sblconnect.com https://www.sblconnect.com

East Midlands

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Affinity TSA James Brown jbrown@discoveryschoolstrust.org.uk    
Association of Business Leaders in Education (ABLE) Frances Rowland chair@able-pro.co.uk http://www.ablepro.info  
East Midlands FD Forum Bobby Thandi bobby.thandi@leadacademytrust.co.uk    
Leicester City Primary Business Managers Group Debbie Whitfield dwhitfield@marriott.leicester.sch.uk    
Leicester Secondary Education Improvement Partnership Business Managers Julie Aquilina jaquilina@lps.leicester.sch.uk    
Leicestershire Academies Group Maxine Adams mladams@apollopartnershiptrust.uk http://www.Leicsacademiesgroup.org  
NE Derbyshire SBM Louise Crowder l.crowder@tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk    
Northamptonshire School Business Management Forum Jevon Corbett jcorbett@wrenn-academy.net http://www.nsbmf.org/  

East of England

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Association of Business Managers in Norfolk Schools Matthew Smith manager@sheringhamwoodfields.norfolk.sch.uk http://www.abmns.co.uk  
Cambridgeshire School Business Networking Group Rona Metters rona@jembusinessconsulting.com https://www.csbn.co.uk  
Dacorum School Business Managers Network Diane Bell belld@kls.herts.sch.uk    
Essex Academies School Business Managers Network Louise Davy louise.davy@seeat.org    
Financial Academy Directors (FADs) Lucy Pope lpope@knightsfield.herts.sch.uk    
HASBM (Hertfordshire Association of School Business Management) Stephen Peach speach@desc.herts.sch.uk http://www.hasbm.org/join/  
Suffolk Schools Business Leaders Network Group Lisa Jones l.jones@consortiumacademy.org    

London

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Aim Alliance Schools Amanda Phillips a.phillips@londonacademy.org.uk  
Barnet SBM Forum Elana Flasher e.flasher@pardeshouse.com  
Camden SBM Hub Kat Miller kmiller@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk  
Croydon School Business Professional Network Michaela Groves MBE mgroves1.306@lgflmail.org  
Diocese of Westminster SBM Network Teresa Doyle tdoyle@douaymartyrs.co.uk  
Ealing School Business Manager Network Alison Bennett abennett@ealing.gov.uk  
Enfield MAT Alliance Roz McLaren roz@ivylearningtrust.org  
Haringey School Business Managers Anita Keogh admin@welbourne.haringey.sch.uk  
Harrow School Business Managers Emma Stabler stabler@hatchend.harrow.sch.uk http://www.hctsa.org
Hillingdon Association of School Business Managers Karen Williams kwilliams@vynersschool.org.uk  
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Schools SBM Network Jackie Saddington school.standards@rbkc.gov.uk https://www.services2schools.org.uk/
Lambeth School Business Leaders Collaborative Arlette Wells arlettewells@hitherfield.co.uk  
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Patricia Harvey patricia.harvey@lbbd.gov.uk  
London Borough of Tower Hamlets SBM Forum Hasib Hikmat hasib@olga.towerhamlets.sch.uk  
London Borough of Waltham Forest Network Bisi Oyekanmi bisi.oyekanmi@walthamforest.gov.uk https://thehub-beta.walthamforest.gov.uk/wf-sbm-network
Newham School Business Managers Network Sandy Tomlinson newhamsbms@gmail.com  
Redbridge School Business Managers Annie O’Kane annie.okane@chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk  
Sutton Business Managers Phil Brittain pbrittain@carshaltonboys.org  
Trust Business Leaders East London Marcia Jacobs marcia.jacobs@leadinglearningtrust.org https://trustbusinessleaders.org/
Unity School Business Leader Network (USBLN) Steven Fontaine hello@unityschoolservices.co.uk https://unityschoolservices.co.uk
Waltham Forest School Business Managers Group Annette House annette.house@edinburgh.waltham.sch.uk  

North-east

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Darlington SBM Forum Angela Taylor sbmnetworkat@mowden.darlington.sch.uk  
Durham School Business Managers Group Amanda Moralee amoralee@tanfieldschool.co.uk  
Gateshead School Business Managers Group Alison Orton alisonorton@gateshead.gov.uk  
Hexham & Newcastle Diocesan SBM Network Louise Levy lly@cardinalhume.com  
Middlesbrough School & Academies Business Managers Cluster Group Maxine Bates Maxine.bates@whinneybanks.org.uk  
Newcastle Alliance of School Business Leaders (NASBL) Lee Comstock Lee.Comstock@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk  
North of England Schools and Academies Forum (NESAF) Gareth Edmunds info@nesaf.org.uk http://www.nesaf.org.uk
Schools North East Chris Zarraga, Pauline Aitchison c.zarraga@schoolsnortheast.com p.aitchison@schoolsnortheast.com http://www.schoolsnortheast.com

North-west

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Blackpool Association of School Business Managers (BASBM) Angela Penn ammap65@gmail.com  
Bury School Business Managers’ Alliance Donna Cartwright dcartwright@visionmat.com  
Cheshire East School Business Leads Gareth Crookes CESBL@wilmslowhigh.com  
Cheshire Finance Network Laura Turner elitefinanceslt@outlook.com  
Cheshire West and Chester Association of School Business Managers (CWASBM) Debbie Beaumont deborah.beaumont@winsfordacademy.org.uk  
Cumbria Association of School Business Administration & Management Stephen Lester MBE skl@skleducation.co.uk  
Lancashire Association of School Business Managers (LASBM) Sally Edwards sally@lasbm.com http://www.lasbm.com
Liverpool City Region Academies Group Rob Owens rob.owens@rainhillhigh.org.uk  
Liverpool School Business Manager Association (LSBMA) Julie Driscoll admin@stmarysce.school  
Manchester and Trafford School Business Leaders Forum Gemma Tunstall gtunstall@wellington.trafford.sch.uk  
Stockport Association of School Business Managers Vicky Howe v.howe@harrytown.stockport.sch.uk http://www.sasbm.org/
Stockport Association of School Business Managers Lisa Bower Lisa.Bower@marplehall.stockport.sch.uk http://www.sasbm.org/
Tameside Association of Secondary Business Managers Angela Ogden aogden@stdamians.co.uk  
Wirral School Business Managers Cluster Danny Stenhouse businessmanager@heygarth.wirral.sch.uk  

South-east

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Abingdon Partnership School Business Managers Rose-Marie Smith office.2602@long-furlong.oxon.sch.uk  
Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire School Business Practitioners Network Craig Smith csmith@bestacademies.org.uk  
Berkshire School Business Managers Group Rhian Begg rhian@minervapcs.com https://www.berkshiresbm.org
Diocese of Arundel & Brighton SBM Forum Mark Brunet mark.brunet@abdiocese.org.uk http://www.abeducationservice.org.uk
East Sussex Secondary Business Managers Forum Marion Booth mbooth@tasmat.org.uk  
Fareham & Gosport School Business Manager & Admin Network Stefanie Stroud s.stroud@newtown.hants.sch.uk  
Hampshire Business Managers Network Group Hilary Manton h.manton@wildern.org  
Island School Business Managers (ISBM) Carla Bradshaw clerktoheadteachers@stmaryspri.co.uk  
North West Surrey Business Managers Network Emma MacKenzie Emma.mackenzie@new-haw.surrey.sch.uk  
Oxfordshire Academies Business Managers Group Rhian Begg rhian@minervapcs.com http://oabmg.co.uk
Sevenoaks Partnership Rachel Harland finance@ide-hill.kent.sch.uk  
South East CFO Network Alex Graham agraham@auroraacademies.org  
Swale & Canterbury Finance Forum Graeme Lloyd gll@queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk  
Thinking Schools Academy Trust Dawn Trimby d.trimby@tsatrust.org.uk  
West Kent Bursars Group Alison Hook ahook@tgs.kent.sch.uk  
West Sussex School Business Managers Jen Pogacic jpogacic@oakgrovecollege.org.uk  
Wye Valley SBMs Stephanie Jones sjones@wye.co.uk  

South-west

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Bath Education Trust Paul Evry pevry@msnpartnership.com  
Bristol School Business Managers (BSBM) Claire Gaskarth claire@schools-outsolutions.co.uk  
Coast and Moors School Business Leaders Network Matt Matthew mmatthew@thelink.academy http://www.cmsbl.org
Devon Association of School Business Managers (DASBM) Matt Burrell matt.burrell@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk  
Gloucestershire Association of School Business Managers Sandra Thomson gasbm@stroudhigh.gloucs.sch.uk http://www.gasbm.org
NW24 Partnership Adam Barber Admin.account@nw24.org https://www.nw24.org/
SBM (Somerset, Devon and Dorset) Joseph Doggrell joseph.doggrell@albertgoodman.co.uk  
Somerset School Business Leaders Helen Burge helen.burge@theplt.org.uk https://www.ssbl.org.uk
South Gloucestershire School Business Leaders’ Group (SGSBL) Debbie Beazer hello@sgsbl.org.uk http://www.sgsbl.org.uk
SWIFT SBM Professional Community Matt Burrell matt.burrell@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk https://www.sw-ift.org.uk
Wiltshire area MAT CFO network Claire Anthony canthony@magnalearningpartnership.org.uk  
Wiltshire SBL network James Paveley jpaveley@matravers.wilts.sch.uk https://wilts.sblnetwork.org.uk

West Midlands

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Archdiocese of Birmingham Bursar Group David Carne d.carne@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk http://www.bdes.org.uk/school-business-managers.html
Birmingham Association of School Business Management (BASBM) Amanda Kaye chair@basbm.org http://www.basbm.org
Dudley Association of School Business Managers Jill Belcher jillbelcher59@gmail.com  
Gateway Alliance School Business Manager Network (South & Central Warwickshire) Pam Carpenter pam@gatewayalliance.co.uk http://www.gatewayalliance.co.uk
Hereford Association of School Business Managers Nicki Emmett nemmett@gvsc.org.uk  
North Warwickshire School Business Professional Network Stuart Moran moran.s2@welearn365.com  
Sandwell SBM Network Neil Limbrick neil@theeducationcollective.com https://www.sandwellbursars.org/
Shires Education Business Association Susan Underhill sunderhill@bridgnorthendowed.co.uk http://www.seba.org.uk
Solihull Primary and Special School Bursar Group Linda Sheridan lsheridan@solihull.gov.uk  
Solihull Schools Business Manager Group (SSBMG) Mark Firmstone mfirmstone@lighthall.co.uk http://www.solihullsbm.org
Telford Association of School Business Managers (TASBM) Tricia Wilkin tricia.wilkin@taw.org.uk  
Walsall School Business Leaders Neil Millward nmillward@shortheathfederation.org.uk  
Warwickshire Central Area Business Managers Forum Jane Burrows burrows.j@myton.co.uk  
Worcestershire Association of School Business Management (WASBM) Russell Dalton russell@wasbm.org http://www.wasbm.org

Yorkshire and the Humber

Network name Network chair Email address Website (if available)
Bradford Primary SBM Forum Jenni Taylor jenni.taylor@crossleyhallprimary.co.uk  
Humber and East Yorkshire School Business Leaders Nina Siddle nsiddle@het.academy http://www.heysbl.org.uk/
Kirklees SBM Network Deborah Walker dwalker@aschc.com http://kirkleesbusinesssolutions.uk/
Leeds School Managers Forum Lucy Hutton lucy@fusionbusiness.org.uk http://www.lsmf.org.uk
NYES School Business Manager Network Michelle Charlton SBMnetwork@northyorks.gov.uk https://nyes.info/Services/1228
Red Kite Alliance Finance Leads Steve Howell howells@rklt.co.uk  
South Yorkshire Business Leaders Group Morag Somerville msomerville@steel-city-schools-partnership.org http://www.sysbl.co.uk
West Yorkshire Academy Business Leaders Wendy Beasley w.beasley@Leodis.org.uk  
York Group Andrew Robinson A.robinson@ebor.academy