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Grange Park resident achieves highest school business qualification

A Swindon school business manager has achieved the highest level in her profession, one of only 26 in the country.
Lynne Fletcher, vice principal part of the qualification, at Even Swindon Prima- an academy, Lynne had responsibil-
for business at Swindon Academy, I greatly benefited from ry School then moved to ity of overseeing the £34 million
recently completed the new School being able to spend Haydon Leigh primary budget to build and equip the new
Business Director (SBD) qualifica- five days working with before being appointed school at Pinehurst. This project also
tion through the National College Honda which is one of business manager at included refurbishing Pinehurst
for School Leadership, one of only Swindon Academy’s Greendown School. and Penhill primary schools.
26 out of the 55 who started the sponsors. When Swindon Coun- At the academy she is respon-
course. “It was invaluable to cil’s education depart- sible for all aspects of management
The 18 month masters-level study strategic manage- ment failed an Ofsted outside the classroom including
programme is designed to help ment and long term inspection in 2002 she school finance, asset management,
participants provide direction, exer- planning within an in- joined the borough’s health and safety, staff appoint-
cise sound judgement and manage dustrial setting. Honda school finance restruc- ments and IT.
resources efficiently in some of the management were incredibly turing team before secondment to Lynne is the only person in the
most innovative and challenging generous with their time in giving Headlands to assist it out of special South West with the SBD qualifi-
settings in the education sector. me the opportunity to understand measures. cation and is now being commis-
Lynne said: “Participants com- production processes and systems When the school became the first sioned to mentor other business
pleted the course whilst holding in every aspect of the business.” in Swindon to be taken over by an managers in order to raise the
down their full time positions. As Lynne started as an administrator education trust and relaunched as standards of school management.
Talking about
not bullying in school
Shane Hewlett from Swindon Town
In the Community and first team
player Darren Ward, pictured, visited
Peatmoor Primary School to talk to
children in every year group. during
anti-bullying week in November.
They discussed different types of
bullying, what to do if they see it
taking place or if they are bullied.
Darren also talked of his own experi-
ences of going to school and also
how bullying takes place in football
at different levels of the game.

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