Administration and finance

School Business Professional – Bromcom users

For all staff who fall within the School Business Professional posts, that is, Bursar, Business Manager, Finance Officer, Office Manager, Premises Manager or ICT Network Manager, schools need to:

  • Update staff contracts to add ‘School Business Professional’ in the Post (SWF)* field
  • add qualifications for these members of staff, as a new set of qualifications is available
  • add destination and reasons for leaving where applicable

Updating staff contracts   

  • Open the member of staff’s contract via Staff > Staff Profile > Contracts
  • Highlight the relevant contract and double click to Edit an existing contract, otherwise select Add Contract (+ icon)
  • In the Contract Information tab of the Add/Edit Contract screen update the Post (SWF)* field

Adding Qualifications  

The DfE introduced some additional qualification codes for School Business Professionals.

To add a relevant qualification in Bromcom;

  • open the member of staff’s record via Staff > Staff Profile and click on Qualifications
  • in the Qualifications Panel click on the + icon in the top right corner
  • in the ‘Add/Edit Qualification’ screen, in the Subject Area field select ‘Non-Standard Codes’ then in the Main Subject field select the appropriate qualification from the drop down menu. Click Save once completed.

Available subjects for School Business Professionals are listed below;

  • Z206 – Level 3 School Administration Foundation Certificate  
  • Z207 – Level 3 Procurement & Supply Assistant  
  • Z208 – Level 4 SBP Apprenticeship
  • Z209 – Level 4 Diploma School Business Management (SBM)    
  • Z210 – Level 4 Commercial procurement & supply  
  • Z211 – Level 4 CIPFA Certificate in Public Sector Asset Management for School Business  
  • Z212 – Level 5 Diploma SBM  
  • Z213 – Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship  
  • Z214 – Level 7 CIPFA Diploma in School Financial and Operational Leadership  
  • Z215 – Level 7 Senior Leaders Masters Degree Apprenticeship.  

Note: Some superseded qualifications held by data subjects have been renamed and should be recorded under their current name. These will include:   

  • Staff holding the Level 4 Certificate School Business Management (SBM), should be recorded as holding the Level 4 Diploma School Business Management (SBM)  
  • Staff holding the Level 6 Advanced School Business Management, should be recorded as holding the Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship.