Speaker: Richard Harman, Chief Executive, AGBIS; John Murphie, Chief Operating Officer, ISBA; and Chris Fairbank, Director of Communications, HMC

Richard Harman, Chief Executive of AGBIS, John Murphie, Chief Operating Officer of ISBA, and Chris Fairbank, Director of Communications, HMC, will address the changing landscape within which independent schools are likely to be operating over the next year, including the following areas:

Governance  

• Resetting strategy to reflect the new realities.
• How to set objectives to ensure the school stays viable in each process but parents still have the ability to pay fees.
• How to guard the school’s reputation.
• From the Board - how and who should communicate with current and prospective parents and when.  
• Schools’ local engagement and political engagement.

Education

• Identifying and communicating the school’s USPs; reassuring current and future parents that those USPs will remain through the changes.
• Commissioning affordability surveys.
• Commissioning parent satisfaction surveys.
• From the SLT - how and who should communicate with current and prospective parents and when.
• From the SLT – how and who should communicate with school staff

Business

• Generating options – VAT applied at 20% in one year, or staggered over two or three?
• Reducing the planned financial surplus to offset the effect of VAT?
• Claiming input VAT – how much will that reduce 20% by?
• Capital goods scheme – timescale, and amount of VAT that could be reclaimed.
• Reducing fee remissions – by how much and to offset the effect of VAT on fees?
• Accepting the loss of business rate relief.

The webinar is suitable for heads, bursars and governors.

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