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editor’s letter APRIL 2013
EDITOR julia dennison
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The mission of a man
This is all thanks to one man: Stephen Ingram, the former executive head of service management for the local authority, who sadly passed away in December. After 40 years of service, he took voluntary retirement from the LA in April 2011, shortly afterwards he discovered he had terminal cancer. His funeral late last year was attended by many of Sutton’s headteachers and SBMs, as well as other staff at the council, where a touching eulogy was read out about the hard work this one man put in to better the schools of the area and the profession of our readers.
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I wanted to share this story because it highlights the fact that the SBM profession has had its advocates for decades now, and it is still really important to push for its recognition so that the model you now see in Sutton is emulated throughout the rest of the country. Primary schools now need business managers more than ever, particularly if they decide to go down the academy route. It seems like only yesterday I was interviewing the fi rst-ever primary academy, but now these schools are going the way of their secondary counterparts. It’s incredibly crucial for someone, with a business mind, to be at the hull, by the side of the headteacher. Schools seem to work best when the head and SBM work in equal partnership. Once this model is rolled out completely, the next battle will be to see that SBM pay is on a deserving standing to that of other school leaders. This may be a tougher fi ght, but one that needs to happen, if only for the memory of great crusaders of the profession, like Stephen Ingram.
had an email from one of our readers about the recent death of a hugely infl uential fi gure in the world of school business management, and I was moved by his service to the profession. Uniquely, the London Borough of Sutton has a school business manager in every primary and secondary school – and has had for 20 years.
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