Setting Up a School – The Common Mistakes

Setting up a school can be the opportunity of a professional lifetime however many do not realise how challenging it is and the types of mistakes that can be detrimental to a school’s success. School Support thought sharing some of the typical mistakes that we have seen others make along the way. It is also best to learn from others and then leverage success from the experience of proven experts in the field.

Below mentioned are few points we experienced as biggest mistakes of management:

  1. Lack of Advance Planning
  2. No Budget Plan or Business Plan
  3. No Planning for Human Resources
  4. Undervalued Staff
  5. Wrong Leadership
  6. Not having any Standard Policy and Procedures for School Operations
  7. Poor Reporting and Data Management
  8. Unfocused Professional Development
  9. Trying to run school like other business.
  10. Sophisticated Management
  11. Fear of Change 
  12. Unplanned Architectural Design
  13. Delay in Decision Making