In the money. Outside help

Description

At Gospel Oak School in Camden, North London, Headteacher Alan Seymour wants to cover non-contact time for his pupils with a full-time music teacher, but he hasn't got the available funds. Former teacher and business executive Fiona Eldridge is brought in to help find a solution. Looking at the school and its budget, she critiques Alan's spending habits and analyses his creativity in budgeting. Can she find the £30,000 that he needs to fund a full time music teacher?Fiona and Alan discuss the ways in which private sponsorship or volunteers can be utilised in a school and the means which schools can use to generate income to pay for extra staff, as well as methods to implement cost savings.

Runtime

28 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2005

Database

Alexander Street

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