Keeping our professional community connected

Professional communities thrive when practitioners can easily connect. At ISBL, we believe in the power of networks and peer-to-peer interaction. As well as our regional and national events, we support local gatherings, more formal local groups and established regional SBP associations.

Many local and regional groups have been developed by school business professionals, giving up their time to support others over the last three decades. They offer important instant access to peer-to-peer support for school business professionals across the country. These groups intimately understand the local context and provide a sympathetic ear to colleagues in their locality. They also advocate on behalf of their members to provide SBPs with a regional voice.

The groups listed below have a formal affiliation with ISBL. Working in partnership with these groups, ISBL assists with the dissemination of policy developments, CPD opportunities and the latest practice innovation. We also act as conduits between the regions and central government on relevant policy issues and concerns.

If you’re linked to a local or regional group and would like more information about affiliation, including regional group membership then please email us at membership, and we'll provide you with more information.

The Department for Education has a list of local networks available here.

Association of Business Leaders in Education (ABLE)

www.ablepro.info

chair@able-pro.co.uk

Birmingham Association of School Business Managers (BASBM)

www.basbm.org

chair@basbm.org

Coast and Moors School Business Leaders

www.cmsbl.org

mmatthew@thelink.academy

Dudley Association of School Business Managers

jillbelcher59@gmail.com

Hampshire Business Managers Network Group

h.manton@wildern.org

Island School Business Managers (ISBM)

clerktoheadteachers@stmaryspri.co.uk

Lancashire Association of School Business Managers (LASBM)

www.lasbm.com

sally@lasbm.com

Manchester and Trafford School Business Leaders Forum

gtunstall@wellington.trafford.sch.uk

Northamptonshire School Business Management Forum

www.nsbmf.org/

jcorbett@wrenn-academy.net

Oxfordshire Academies Business Managers Group

oabmg.co.uk

rhian@minervapcs.com

South Gloucestershire School Business Leaders’ Group (SGSBL)

www.sgsbl.org.uk

hello@sgsbl.org.uk

Waltham Forest School Business Managers Group

annette.house@edinburgh.waltham.sch.uk

Association of Business Management in Norfolk Schools (ABMNS)

www.abmns.co.uk

manager@sheringhamwoodfields.norfolk.sch.uk

Bishop Stortford School Business Managers

sbm@summercroft.herts.sch.uk

Cumbria Association of School Business Administration and Management (CASBAM)

skl@skleducation.co.uk

East Sussex Secondary School Business Managers (ESSSBM)

mbooth@tasmat.org.uk

HASBM (Hertfordshire Association of School Business Management)

www.hasbm.org/member/login/form/

speach@desc.herts.sch.uk

Leeds School Managers Forum

www.lsmf.org.uk

lucy@fusionbusiness.org.uk

Midland Bursars Group

www.midlandbursars.org.uk/

Richmond and Wandsworth Group

Gary.Hipple@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Solihull Schools Business Manager Group (SSBMG)

www.solihullsbm.org

mfirmstone@lighthall.co.uk

South Leeds Bursar Network Group (SLBNG)

cassarm01@westerton.org.uk

The Ealing School Business Manager Network

abennett@ealing.gov.uk

Wallasey SBM Cluster

dearj@liscard.wirral.sch.uk

West Yorkshire Academy Business Leaders

WBeasley@rmat.uk

Berkshire School Business Managers Group (BSBMG)

www.berkshiresbm.org

rhian@minervapcs.com

Blackpool Association of School Business Managers

ammap65@gmail.com

Bradford Primary SBM Forum

jenni.taylor@crossleyhallprimary.co.uk

Diocese of Arundel & Brighton SBM Forum

www.abeducationservice.org.uk

ray.williamson@abdiocese.org.uk

Gloucestershire Association of School Business Management (GASBM)

www.gasbm.org

tpc@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk

Humber & East Riding School Business Leaders (HEYSBL)

www.heysbl.org.uk/signup

ninasiddle@humbereducationtrust.co.uk

Newham School Business Managers Network

newhamsbms@gmail.com

Somerset School Business Leaders

www.ssbl.org.uk

helen.burge@theplt.org.uk

South Yorkshire Business Leaders Group

www.sysbl.org.uk

chair@sysbl.org.uk

The London Borough of Hounslow SBM Network

louise.butt@hounslow.gov.uk

Walsall School Business Leaders

nmillward@shortheathfederation.org.uk

Worcestershire Association of School Business Management (WASBM)

www.wasbm.org

russell@wasbm.org