SAS are the largest provider of staff absence insurance in the UK. SAS can provide you with staff absence insurance at premiums typically 10% lower than other providers and all with private medical treatment and wellbeing care as standard.

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Following on from the recent press coverage of the 'Photocopier Scams' facing schools and the subsequent identification that schools have often signed a finance lease rather than an operating lease; NASBM have created a 'Lease Checker'.

By entering the requested data you can quickly identify what type of lease you are being asked to enter into.  Click here to access the tool.

If you would like further advice or assistance on an existing leasing issue then please call NASBM on 01788 573300 or email info@nasbm.co.uk with the details.

NASBM are pleased to announce that the nomination process for the National School Support Staff Awards 2012 is now open and nomination forms can be downloaded from the website.

To recognise the changes taking place in schools and in response to the feedback received we have introduced a new category this year:
Team of the Year Award.

The closing date for NASBM to receive your nominations is Friday 8th June 2012. For those schools that have not made nominations before then guidance notes and the criteria are also available to download.

To access the nomination forms and for further details please click here

If you need any assistance or advice then please feel free to contact Louise Burkinshaw on 01788 573300 or email louise.burkinshaw@nasbm.co.uk

THE ACADEMIES SHOW 2012 is the only FREE TO ATTEND event of its kind for Headteachers, Finance Directors and School Business Managers, Governors, Local Authority Education Leaders or anyone else with a serious professional interest in the Academies Programme.

• Latest information directly from senior figures who set and implement the national education agenda
• Best practice advice on all aspects of converting and managing successful Academies, supported by real-life examples
• Demonstrations of services and products designed to tangibly improve teaching, learning and school administration

In a recent survey almost 90% of respondents had seen a decrease in support provided by the LA significantly increasing the workload for administrative and management staff in the school.

Schools are encouraged to do more locally and the traditional support networks are struggling to cope so schools are often left with unanswered questions with little or fragmented advice on what to do and when. One thing is for sure; it’s getting harder doing it the old way and 2012 promises to be even more challenging.

PropertyPrefect already helps over 1,000 school users and to illustrate how there is a series of web classes, which started on Monday 9^th January and are available on a weekly basis highlighting:

• Selecting from predefined premises and H&S activity templates,
• Creating your own activities,
• Alerts, audit trail and reports
• Uploading documents, live support & guidance library