The Diploma of School Business Management (DSBM) is a world-leading programme that supports school leadership. The course is designed at a level higher than the Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM) and is aimed at the school business manager (SBM) who is working within the school senior management team. It focuses on the role that the SBM can play in determining the strategic direction of their school.
The course has three subject areas:
DSBM has a broad equivalence to National Qualifications Framework (NQF) level 5 (eg the second year of a first degree). It is externally accredited by the Institute of Administrative Management (IAM). This gives DSBM graduates the added advantage of a dual NCSL/IAM award as they will also receive the Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management and a one-year membership of the IAM.
As part of the national school workforce reforms, we also wish to attract high-level managers from outside of the school sector into this profession. Together with our partners in government, we have launched an initiative in order to make the course accessible to people with alternative professional backgrounds such as industry and other public sector organisations. For more information on this, please see the How to apply and External applicants pages.
DSBM offers approximately 800 places nationally per year and is delivered locally through approved training providers in the nine government regions.
For DSBM, there are two intakes per year. Further details can be found on the How to apply page.