School Business Professional Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship

Course Overview

School Business Professional Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship

The Level 4 School Business Professional Higher Apprenticeship will prepare you to manage financial, site, and support services in schools, providing vital support to leadership teams. You will be able to implement financial and business decisions across varying school structures like primary, secondary, and special schools, working in single academy trusts, multi-academy trusts, local authority maintained schools, and federations. Depending on the setting, you may report to a headteacher or a School Business Director (SBD).

Course Content

Knowledge of:

  • Educational funding streams

  • Financial and operational management

  • School procurement regulations and requirements

  • Human Resources and managing support services, goverance and risk

  • Marketing

  • Infastructure and ethical standards

  • Project and Strategic management

  • Communication and relationship building

Located at: Off Site

Course Start: Any time

Course length: 18 Months

Course Code: AIND2322500

Course Fees and Funding

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to being an apprentice. All costs associated with your apprenticeship, including the cost of training and your salary, will be paid by your employer. Funding value £6,000.

Other funding information

Course Content

  • Individual employers may set different requirements.

  • You will need to find an employer willing to employ you as an apprentice. Please see our apprenticeship vacancies for the latest opportunities. Please be aware, individual employers will set their own entry requirements and selection criteria for their apprenticeship job role.

Workplace assessment including observations, questioning and assignments. End-point Assessment (EPA) is a situational judgement test and a professional discussion.

Ability to learn on online with a laptop would be an advantage.

Apprenticeship Standard

Operations Manager

Other Resources

For further details, please contact us! Call 01226 216 760 or email: info@ind-training.co.uk

Our Additional Learning Support team can provide you with the support you need. Visit the Additional Learning Support webpage, call 01226 216 769 or email als@barnsley.ac.uk for further information.

Disclaimer: Please note we reserve the right to change details without notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The course information on this page was last updated 20 June 2025.