Any school business managers out there?

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I’m a school business manager in a one form entry primary school. How many other staff work in the school office ? Interested ….
i have one part time senior admin staff and struggling !
its MAD busy when she’s there and once she leaves at 1pm I can’t get any of my work done
We have lots of SEN children so loads of visitors and very needy parents

The school I work in is two form entry, one full time admin assistant, one part time. The business manager is very hands on and spends the afternoon out of her office on reception to keep up with the influx of visitors.

Can I ask do you think it’s possible to become a SBM with no experience working in a school but lots of comparable experience (budget management, compliance, h and s, safeguarding, bid writing, systems/it etc)

just wondering if it’s even worth applying