Join the Special Schools Network for SBPs

By joining the National Network of Special Schools for School Business Professionals, you become part of a united community dedicated to championing the needs, expertise, and voice of special schools across the country. Through the network, you will gain access to a thriving online community, regular information updates, free CPD webinars, termly virtual networking meetings, and more.


Together, we strengthen our influence, share solutions, and work to secure the best possible outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities across England.


Members look beyond their own school gates creating an inclusive community led by you.  Sharing your knowledge, experience and skills for the benefit of others and learning from each other across boundaries for the benefit of colleagues and students.


YOU ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO.


Your membership enables us collectively to be an independent voice of the sector, adding a critical layer to the strong CEO and Head Teacher networks that already exist. We ensure you have a voice at a national level; a voice that is increasingly heard and effective. 


In the last 12 months we have conducted surveys and gathered information from our various meeting to highlight some of your challenges.


  • NNoSS Bitesize Briefing: NAO - Support for children and young people with special educational needs (NNoSS)
  • NNoSS Press Release: Autumn Budget 2024

And been featured in the Media:


Funding crisis ‘could leave schools unable to open’, Tes



Join the network!

250+ members from across England! 


49% All Through

26% Secondary

20% Primary

5% Other

78% from Special Schools

1% from AP/PRU

6% from Hospital Schools

15% from mixed

47% Maintained

42% Academy

11% Other


Job Roles include HR, SBM, CFO, Finance

Admin and Officers, Business Development, COO.


Here's what our members have to say...


You are doing a fantastic job getting everyone together to focus on the key issues for Special Schools and APs and sharing best practice. It is really needed.


What a wonderful initiative and network of support!  Thank you. 


NNoSS has helped me feel less isolated. I have learnt from others experiences and practices


NNoSS is invaluable, bringing us together to share experience and expertise.


I feel like part of a community in a lonely job.


NNoSS has been an invaluable source of information & support during the past academic year. It has been a real support to have those network events and drop ins, particularly with colleagues in the specialist sector nationally, and especially in these unprecedented times.




Join the network!

NNoSS will coordinate a structured and collective response.  This will include:


Member Evidence Gathering.

Targeted surveys and intelligence collection focused on operational, financial and commissioning implications. 


Specialist Roundtables.  

Dedicated discussion spaces to identify risks, unintended consequences and practical solutions. 


Joint working with SEND Parners

Where appropriate, we will collaborate with aligned SEND and specialist networks to strengthen collective influence while ensuring the distinct voice of School Business Professionals remains clear. 


Publish Position Statement.

A transparent NNoSS reform position statement setting out key priorities, concerns and recommendations, 


Formal Consultation Submission. 

A response grounded in operational and strategic evidence from special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision across England. 

Join the network!

Our Review Framework: The 5 Haldane Tests - The Specialist Lens

Applying the Haldane Tests ensure that reform is judged not only on ambition, but on deliverability for specialist settings. Children and young people with the most complex needs depend on sustainable, coherent and durable infrastructure.  Schools Business Professionals are central to that infrastructure.  NNoSS will ensure reform is tested accordingly.

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JOIN THE NETWORK

By joining the National Network of Special Schools for School Business Professionals, you become part of a united community dedicated to championing the needs, expertise, and voice of special schools across the country. Through the network, you will gain access to tailored briefings, peer collaboration, and collective advocacy, ensuring your school is informed, supported, and represented as national SEND reforms take shape.


Together, we strengthen our influence, share solutions, and work to secure the best possible outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities across England.