Budgets for beginners (sponsored)

The school budget is a task few people relish. But this year, your financial plan has to include considerations that no school business manager or headteacher has had to include before.

You will be asking yourself will your school be open when the new academic year begins in September? Will you be able to count on income from letting our your premises in the summer months? What can you expect to be paying out in supply costs when the school reopens?

The only thing we know for sure is that Covid-19 has made an already challenging and complicated task even harder.

So how do you go about successfully drawing up a budget?

In this podcast, Tes recruitment editor, Grainne Hallahan speaks with Tina Button and Hilary Goldsmith, two school business managers from Kent, who have plenty of experience of writing up budgets.

This podcast was produced in association with (https://www.tes.com/jobs/) , the largest selection of academic, education, teaching and support positions.

 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The school budget is a task few people relish. But this year, your financial plan has to include considerations that no school business manager or headteacher has had to include before.

You will be asking yourself will your school be open when the new academic year begins in September? Will you be able to count on income from letting our your premises in the summer months? What can you expect to be paying out in supply costs when the school reopens?

The only thing we know for sure is that Covid-19 has made an already challenging and complicated task even harder.

So how do you go about successfully drawing up a budget?

In this podcast, Tes recruitment editor, Grainne Hallahan speaks with Tina Button and Hilary Goldsmith, two school business managers from Kent, who have plenty of experience of writing up budgets.

This podcast was produced in association with Tes Jobs, the largest selection of academic, education, teaching and support positions.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.