School Business Leaders are using the Operational Excellence research to underpin this year’s national conference. Looking at the key ingredients identified through the findings and aligning these insights to learning outcomes with the ISBL professional standards to ensure that this year’s national conference provides the greatest opportunity for focused professional development, practitioner insights and shared learning opportunities.

This year we will be streaming content against the ISBL professional standards, practitioner level, as defined by the standards, including suggested relevance by job roles, and including a stream focused on organisation growth and sustainability through the prism of operational excellence.

In the current climate every school business professional regardless of their role within a setting is being challenged to deliver more with less. Our research into operational excellence (OP Ex) looks at how schools are unlocking this potential and optimising their current resources.

We recognise that practitioners are operating across different roles, school and academy types and structural approaches. The conference is developed, supported by our Events SIG to provide sessions that support learning development and map to the ISBL professional standards across every tier of practice.