Guidance
Find a school business professional network
Updated 8 November 2024
Applies to England
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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
- East Midlands
- East of England
- London
- North-east
- North-west
- South-east
- South-west
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
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 |
| UK Schools Sustainability Network Operations Group | Paul Edmond | ukssnopsgroup@gmail.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) | Emma Cripwell | chair@able-pro.co.uk | http://www.ablepro.info | |
| Midlands FD Networking Forum | Bobby Thandi | bobby.thandi@leadacademytrust.co.uk | https://www.leadacademytrust.co.uk/services/ | |
| Leicester City Primary Business Managers Group | Debbie Whitfield | dwhitfield@marriott.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/ | |
| Lincolnshire School Business Management Network | Rona Metters | rona@jembusinessconsulting.com | https://www.lsbmn.co.uk/ | |
| Peterborough School Business Networking Group | Rona Metters | rona@jembusinessconsulting.com | https://www.psbm.co.uk/#becomeamember | |
| Suffolk Schools Business Leaders Network Group | Lisa Jones | l.jones@consortiumtrust.org.uk |
London
| Network name | Network chair | Email address | Website (if available) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Richard Crompton | richard@ivylearningtrust.org | |||
| Enfield SBM Forum | Wendy Ochs | wendyochs@attigoacademytrust.co.uk | wendyochs@attigoacademytrust.co.uk | https://traded.enfield.gov.uk/thehub/information/sbm-forum | |
| Haringey School Business Managers | Anita Keogh | admin@welbourne.haringey.sch.uk | |||
| 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 Scott | Annie.Scott@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/usbl-network | ||
| 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 | Janice Warn | janice.warn@durhamsixthformcentre.org.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 Professionals | David Twambley | dtwambley@tiptrust.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 School Business Manager Association (LSBMA) | Julie Driscoll | admin@stmarysce.school | |
| Manchester and Trafford School Business Leaders Forum | Gemma Tunstall | gtunstall@wellington.trafford.sch.uk | https://manchester.sbmnetwork.org.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 | Ray Williamson | ray.williamson@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 | ||
| Surrey Schools Business Professionals Network | Neil Slack | surreyeducationservices@surreycc.gov.uk | https://surreyeducationservices.surreycc.gov.uk/Page/3752 | |
| Swale & Canterbury Finance Forum | Graeme Lloyd | gll@queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk | ||
| Thinking Schools Academy Trust | Dawn Trimby | d.trimby@tsatrust.org.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 and Avon MAT CFO and Business Leaders Network | Paul Evry | Paul.Evry@mosaicpt.org.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 | Tom Caradon | tpc@balcarras.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 | Amy Bignell | amy.bignell@theplt.org.uk | https://www.ssbl.org.uk | |
| South Gloucestershire School Business Leaders’ Group (SGSBL) | Debbie Beazer | debbie.beazer@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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Jo Corrigan | jo@gatewayalliance.co.uk | http://www.gatewayalliance.co.uk | |
| Hereford Association of School Business Managers | Nicki Emmett | nemmett@fairfield.hereford.sch.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 | susan.underhill@bes.318education.co.uk | http://www.seba.org.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.hutton@feps.co.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@scsp.org.uk | 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 |