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Business Manager

Ryecroft Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5AW

This job expired on 11 September 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  11 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37hours per week, all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: PO1 (SCP 27-30) £38,220 - £40,777

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ryecroft Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Business Manager. This role is of great importance to our work, to ensure the academy makes the best use of resources through effective forward planning and financial consideration, working as part of the Senior Leadership Team and advising the Principal and the governing body on the non-teaching activities of the academy.

The ideal applicant will:

• A Level 4 diploma for school/academy business manager or other relevant Level 4 qualification.
• A comprehensive understanding of office procedures and working practice.
• Knowledge of performance management and appraisal procedures.
• Great communication, time management, organisational and prioritising skills.
• Management experience and the ability to work as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

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.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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

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.

The GORSE Academies Trust use ‘OnlineSCR’ for the processing of safeguarding checks – their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/.

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Additional documents

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About Ryecroft Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 350 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ryecroft Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@ryecroft.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ryecroft-academy

Ryecroft Academy is a one and a half entry primary school situated in Farnley, Leeds.


A thriving, dynamic and happy school, the staff team are wholeheartedly committed to doing the very best they can for the children in their care.  It is because of the team’s effort, expertise and strong moral purpose that families can be confident that the children at Ryecroft Academy are safe, cherished, encouraged and brilliantly taught. 


The Ofsted report from our March 2025 inspection confirms that the academy is Outstanding in all areas. Inspectors praised our ‘inspiring, broad and ambitious curriculum’ in which ‘pupils make exceptional progress.’  They noted a ‘culture of continuous reflection and improvement’ among leaders and staff, and highlighted that ‘parents and carers, alongside the local community, hold the school in high regard.


Ryecroft Academy benefits extensively from being part of The GORSE Academies Trust which is passionately committed to providing an exceptional education to pupils in the Leeds city region.  The trust has established a reputation for setting standards of excellence and achieving rates of improvements which have received national attention. If you would like to find out more about the remarkable things that are taking place at the academy, then please do contact us.  We would love for you to visit to see the impact of our exceptional work first-hand.

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