Business Manager
Boston Spa Academy, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6RWThis job expired on 14 November 2025 – see similar jobs
Closing date
14 November 2025 at 2:34pm
Date listed
24 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: PO1 / PO2 (SCP 27 – 32) £38,220 - £42,839 Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, All Year Round
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- PO1 / PO2 (SCP 27 – 32) £38,220 - £42,839
What skills and experience we're looking for
Boston Spa Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational and highly motivated colleague for the role of Business Manager. This is a key position, essential to the smooth, efficient, and sustainable running of the academy. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of administration, finance, premises maintenance, human resources, and health and safety, ensuring that non-teaching operations effectively support the academy’s mission to provide the best possible educational experience for our students. Additionally, they will advise the Principal and Governing Body on strategic and operational matters within their remit.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic professional to make a meaningful impact within a thriving academy environment.
Potential applicants will:
- Work alongside the Senior Leadership Team to lead and manage change within the academy.
- Oversee complex day-to-day operations and projects, demonstrating excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Thrive under pressure and effectively manage conflicting deadlines.
- Prepare proposals and costings for projects, initiatives, and grants, providing key financial insights to the Principal and Governing Body.
- Attend whole Governing Body and committee meetings, contributing to strategic decision-making.
- Have proven management experience, including successfully leading a team.
- Hold a relevant Level 4 qualification and be willing to work towards the Institute of School Business Leaders qualification.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you:
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
About us:
At Boston Spa Academy, we are proud that, in our recent Ofsted inspection graded “Outstanding”, it was commented that ‘staff feel valued and are proud to be members of the school’. The report also recognises that ‘leaders are highly supportive’ and ‘proactively seek to manage workload and support the well-being of staff’. As well as feeling part of a community with a common purpose, our professional body also benefits from outstanding CPD and support which is personalised to your particular needs and experience.
GORSE have established a long-standing culture of excellence where ‘high challenge, high support’ is commonplace. Our trust will be made up of 15 establishments by September 2025. In addition to this, we also operate GORSE SCITT and Leeds Teaching School Hub, important establishments in their own right. Ensuring that each element of the trust, including the central team, performs at its best to ensure all children, especially those whose who are disadvantaged, have the opportunity to secure the Gift of Choice, is the central mission of GORSE.
If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk.
How to Apply:
If you are as excited about this opportunity as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), request them by email at Susie.Dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk or call us on 01937 846636.
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Apply Now
Interviews will take place: TBC
We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
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About Boston Spa Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1456 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Boston Spa Academy website
- Email address
- Susie.Dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk
Working in partnership with The GORSE Academies Trust, Boston Spa Academy is a vibrant and successful and school, achieving excellent results and judged to be a Good School in the OFSTED inspection of April 2015.
Located between York, Leeds and Harrogate, Boston Spa Academy is committed to the development of the whole student, the physical, aesthetic, emotional, moral, spiritual as well as the intellectual.
Arranging a visit to Boston Spa Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Susie.Dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk.
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