Grounded in experience
Advice informed by first-hand experience of leading, governing, advising and building services for schools.
Real experience. Honest insight. Practical support that moves things forward.
Berkeley Elevate is led by Justine Berkeley, an award-winning school business leader, Fellow of ACCA and experienced consultant with more than 25 years' experience across education, business operations, governance and leadership. She combines first-hand knowledge of schools with the strategic and commercial perspective gained from building and leading a successful school support business.
- Chartered accountant
- Award-winning school business leader
- Founder of SBM Services Ltd
- Experienced governor, consultant and speaker
Experience grounded in the reality of schools
Justine's experience spans local authority traded services, school business leadership, consultancy, governance and business ownership. She has worked directly in schools, supported leaders and business professionals across the sector, advised trusts through operational challenges, and founded, grew and sold SBM Services Ltd.
Award-winning school business leader
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Level 7 qualification in School Business Leadership
Experienced Chair of Governors
Seven years as a school business leader
Led traded services for schools across two local authorities
Former Specialist Leader in Education
Founded, built and sold SBM Services Ltd
How I work
A practical approach.
Strong school business operations require more than sound systems and compliance. They depend on the right structures, capable people, effective relationships, informed leadership and a shared understanding of how the organisation should work.
Practical and proportionate
Support that is clear, usable and tailored to the needs of each school or trust.
Focused on impact
Helping people, teams and organisations move forward with greater confidence.
What clients say
Why schools and trusts value this experience
Berkeley Elevate helped us completely rethink how our business team was structured. The difference was immediate.
— Trust CEO, Multi-Academy Trust
A real authority on school business management. A true professional with a genuine commitment to the profession
— CEO, Institute of School Business Leaders