Key Voices

This week we talk to Cheryl Campbell, Business, Finance and Operations Director at Thomas Tallis School, Founder of ABBLed (Association BAME Business Leaders in Education) and Stephen Morales, CEO at ISBL, about the recently released ‘Exploring Ethnicity: School Business Leadership in England’ report.  We acknowledge that the report found very limited BAME representation in the school business profession and look at practical ways it can be increased. We also think about the lack of visibility of the school business profession and the ways in which that could be addressed. We talk about:  Cheryl’s journey into school business leadership  Why she created ABBLed and how it works with ISBL  The need for parity of esteem for school business leaders alongside leaders of teaching and learning  How to attract talent into the school business profession, including the importance of different routes in and wider access to training and qualifications Why it is important for BAME individuals to tell their storie