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* 1. Your Details

Full Name

School Name

Job Title

Email Address

Town/City

Post Code

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Contact Number

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* 2. How does being part of a school business network group benefit your role and school?

Source of additional support and advice

Opportunity to benchmark against/collaborate with other schools

Keeping up-to-date with latest regulations/changes

Benefits me rather than my school

I’m not part of such a group

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Which social media channels do you use to network with other school business professionals?

Twitter

Facebook

I don’t use social media

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* 4. Does it add value to your role and school?

Yes

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* 5. Would you agree with the following statement?

Unscheduled interruptions heavily impact my working day in school.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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* 6. Do you often find yourself working extra hours?

Over lunch

Before school

After school

From home

At the weekend

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* 7. Do you have access to good levels of CPD and training in your role?

Yes, good levels of CPD and training are readily available

Yes, good levels of CPD and training are available if I pursue them

No, good levels of CPD and training are not readily available

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* 8. Where do you turn to improve your skills for the role?

Peers

Regional groups

National groups

Training courses

Events

Other (please specify)

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* 9. In your experience, what is the greatest challenge facing schools?

Funding

Managing expenditure on staff (i.e. recruitment, wages, pensions, NI)

Providing resources to improve student outcomes

Finding the time to manage everything

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Would you agree with the following statement?

Year-on-year my school is having to do more with less funding and resources.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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* 11. How does your school generate additional income?

Lease facilities

Local fundraisers

Grants

Crowdfunding

The school does not generate additional income

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Where do you see the greatest potential to make savings?

Staff spend

Collaborative procurement with other schools

Better contract management

School catering provision

Facilities management

Inventory management

Procurement of education/office essentials

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Do you have a budget set aside for the following? (Please select all relevant)

Staff CPD

Staff wellbeing programmes

Agency staff

Other (please specify)

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* 14. How important is smarter procurement when it comes to making cost savings?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 15. How important is smarter procurement when it comes to making time savings?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 16. In your experience, do time restraints or budget restraints pose the greater challenge to procurement?

Time restraints

Budget restraints

Other (please specify)

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* 17. When procuring a good or service, what are your top considerations?

Quality of product or service

Cost of product or service

Environmental benefit of product or service

Whole life cost of product or service

Brand of product or service

The efficiency of the procurement process

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* 18. When purchasing a product, how important is brand to you?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 19. What would lead you to choose an own-brand product?

Trust the supplier

Peer reviews

Cost savings

Quality of product

Try before you buy option

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* 20. How do you ensure that you are procuring the best resources at the best price?

Establish a governing procurement process

Use of technology to procure/manage procurement

Establish contracts with key suppliers

Engage in strategic collaborative procurement

Focus on total cost of ownership, not price

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* 21. What do you see as the greatest challenges when it comes to procurement?

The time the procure-to-pay cycle takes to complete

Managing the order process

The paperwork

Getting orders signed off

Comparing products or services to get best deal

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* 22. How could the procurement procedure be streamlined when purchasing day-to-day items for your school?

Improved purchase scheduling

Pre-approve vendors

Enable staff to add to online ‘shopping basket’

Ability to repeat orders quickly

Automate the procurement process

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* 23. How aware are your school’s teaching and support staff of the procurement process?

They believe the school has an infinite money tree

They are aware of the school’s procurement process

They are aware of, trained and involved in the school’s procurement process

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* 24. Do you often have contact with teachers regarding classroom product requests?

Every day

Every week

Every month

When there’s an issue

If it’s a unique product

Never

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* 25. Is the headteacher or SLT involved in product or supplier decisions?

SLT

Head

SLT and head

Just me

Depends on the size of the procurement

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* 26. Do you take advice from any other staff members on supplier choice?

SLT

Head

Support staff

Other SBMs

None of the above

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* 27. Has your school benefited from the use e-commerce sites to procure products for your school?

It has resulted in cost savings

It has resulted in time savings

It has resulted in a better managed procurement process

It has resulted in a better school-wide procurement process

There have been no obvious benefits

We do not use e-commerce sites

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* 28. How does the use of e-commerce improve your procure-to-pay cycle time?

It reduces the time taken to collate and submit order

It streamlines the process so there is less room for human error

It makes it quicker to compare products and prices

Easier to submit repeat orders

Saves time on the order approval process

Welcome To The Smarter Procurement Survey

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* 1. Your Details

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* 2. How does being part of a school business network group benefit your role and school?

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* 3. Which social media channels do you use to network with other school business professionals?

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* 4. Does it add value to your role and school?

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* 5. Would you agree with the following statement?Unscheduled interruptions heavily impact my working day in school.

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* 6. Do you often find yourself working extra hours?

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* 7. Do you have access to good levels of CPD and training in your role?

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* 8. Where do you turn to improve your skills for the role?

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* 9. In your experience, what is the greatest challenge facing schools?

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* 10. Would you agree with the following statement?Year-on-year my school is having to do more with less funding and resources.

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* 11. How does your school generate additional income?

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* 12. Where do you see the greatest potential to make savings?

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* 13. Do you have a budget set aside for the following? (Please select all relevant)

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* 14. How important is smarter procurement when it comes to making cost savings?

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* 15. How important is smarter procurement when it comes to making time savings?

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* 16. In your experience, do time restraints or budget restraints pose the greater challenge to procurement?

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* 17. When procuring a good or service, what are your top considerations?

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* 18. When purchasing a product, how important is brand to you?

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* 19. What would lead you to choose an own-brand product?

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* 20. How do you ensure that you are procuring the best resources at the best price?

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* 21. What do you see as the greatest challenges when it comes to procurement?

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* 22. How could the procurement procedure be streamlined when purchasing day-to-day items for your school?

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* 23. How aware are your school’s teaching and support staff of the procurement process?

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* 24. Do you often have contact with teachers regarding classroom product requests?

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* 25. Is the headteacher or SLT involved in product or supplier decisions?

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* 26. Do you take advice from any other staff members on supplier choice?

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* 27. Has your school benefited from the use e-commerce sites to procure products for your school?

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* 28. How does the use of e-commerce improve your procure-to-pay cycle time?

* 5. Would you agree with the following statement?

Unscheduled interruptions heavily impact my working day in school.

* 10. Would you agree with the following statement?

Year-on-year my school is having to do more with less funding and resources.