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Proficio Education Provides Training for ESFA

March 2021 sees Proficio Education deliver its training to Education and Skills Funding Agency staff. Stuart Hodgkinson, company director will deliver the training to around 50 staff said that this was a great opportunity to provide the ESFA Staff with skills to improve how they relate to school business managers and  finance directors.  ‘Although I have delivered training to a wide variety of audiences this is the first time I have trained staff from the ESFA and I am looking forward to equipping them with skills that will better serve schools and students.’

The training starts in March 2021 and is aimed at helping staff to develop better working relationships with schools and academies. Joanne Adey ESFA Training Manager said that staff had requested this training as they want to do more to ensure their relationships with school business managers and finance directors are as productive as possible. The ESFA have a core commitment to improve our customer experience and none are more important than those responsible for managing the finances of schools and academies across the country.

The ESFA manages £60 billion of public money and offering great customer experience with value for money are key objectives for the organisation. With all the issues with Covid, school management has never been so tough, if the ESFA can lighten the load a little then we will.

 

Lord Agnew thanks Proficio Education for our work

Lord Agnew, minister for the school system, wrote to Proficio Education in October 2018  to thank us for our work in helping schools with their curriculum and financial planning.

Stuart Hodgkinson’s work as an accredited School’s Resource Management Advisor  was praised in the letter.  As the SRMA pilot is rolled out across the country in 2019, Stuart is on the assessor panel for new SRMAs. ‘Let’s face it Heads and Principals have an extremely difficult job, and having someone who can come and give advice about getting the most out of the resources can make a huge difference.’ At its heart, the work of an SRMA is not about making efficiencies but rather ensuring that the available resources are best utilised to maximise student learning and progress and we are delighted Proficio Education is serving schools and students in this most important of ways.

To read Lord Agnew’s letter in full click here

Proficio Education works wonders on school timetable

Liverpool School St Francis Xavier (SFX) have been delighted with the work Proficio Education have done on their 2018-19 timetable. New Headteacher, David Yates, wanted to start the 2018-19 academic year in July and this presented some challenges, both for the Nova T6 element of the work and how it linked to SIMS.

David believes that to get the best start in September, it is worth commencing the new year in July to iron out all the issues and get students used to their new timetables. ‘We called in Proficio Education to support us in the work and quite frankly, they have been nothing short of miraculous. I only started at the school at Easter so to get everything up and running for July was always going to be a challenge but I cannot praise Stuart and his company highly enough. I would fully recommend him to any other school.’