Academy Operations Manager

Coventry Alternative Provision Academy, Coventry, CV2 5BD

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £35,256.00 - £40,657.00 Annually (Actual) Band E, point 27 - 33

Academy Operations Manager job summary

Coventry Alternative Provision Academy, part of the Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust (SAPMAT) is a Nurturing, Restorative, Sustainable, SEND-Friendly Primary Alternative Provision. We focus on creating a nurturing and restorative environment for students with diverse needs striving to make a positive impact on a child's whole development.

Job Overview

• Reporting to the Headteacher, the Academy Operations Manager will oversee the school’s administrative function ensuring that data, records, communications, GDPR, compliance and inspections are accurate and up to date.
• The Academy Operations Manager will act as the school’s lead for health and safety, ensuring that risk assessments, policies, training and statutory checks are in place, that staff and pupils are kept safe, and that incident reporting and follow-up are robust and compliant.
• In addition, the role will oversee the day-to-day administration of HR processes, staff wellbeing, recruitment and training compliance. You will ensure that line management processes, absence management, induction, performance review and safer recruitment practices are fully embedded and followed.
• The Academy Operations Manager will act as the school’s operational lead for IT, working closely with Trust IT services to ensure systems, equipment and support meet the needs of staff and pupils.
• Contribute to whole school leadership by representing the Admin and site team as a member of the Extended Leadership Team (ELT).

Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification for full details of this opening.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please email Mr Glenn Mellor, Headteacher, to arrange a time gmellor@ca.sapmat.org.uk

If you are a team player who is interested in working with young people and with previous experience in an educational environment we would welcome an application from you.

In return, SAPMAT will offer you:

• The chance to make a real difference in the lives of our children
• A friendly and supportive team
• Continuous professional development
• The opportunity to grow your own career within the trust
• Employee benefits including Staff wellbeing program

Please see full details of our Child Protection Policy / Safeguarding Policy / SAPMAT Charter.

Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants, as well as two satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks. We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities Trust, and we are committed to actively promoting equal opportunities for all our staff and pupils. As part of the recruitment process, we collect and process personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use this data, meeting Data Protection Regulations in line with GDPR compliance.

We provide all members of staff who join Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust with a full induction programme.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Coventry Alternative Provision Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 71 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Coventry Alternative Provision Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coventry-extended-learning-centre-coventry

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