Business Manager
St Andrew's School, Cromer, Norfolk, NR11 8QA21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
20 October 2025
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
- £43,822 - £48,227 pa
Business Manager job summary
Tel: 01263 837927
Email: adriancrossland@standrewsschool.co.uk
Website: https://standrewsschool.org.uk/
Headteacher: Adrian Crossland
NOR: 48 Age range: 6-16 years
- Salary - £43,822 - £48,227 pa
- Permanent
- Full Time
- All Year Round
- Required as soon as possible
St Andrew’s School is a small independent school which caters for pupils with social and communication difficulties and specialises in working with pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
We currently have a vacancy for a full-time all year-round Business Manager to join our committed and hardworking staff team as soon as possible on a permanent basis.
About us
St Andrew’s School is a small independent special school which caters for pupils with social and communication difficulties and specialises in working with pupils with autistic spectrum disorders.
We are located in a beautiful North Norfolk rural setting.
Job Role/Purpose
- To be an active member of the school’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and to assist the Headteacher in their duty to ensure that the school meets its educational aims and Ofsted requirements.
- To take the strategic lead in the effective and efficient development, provision and operation of financial, administrative and all other support services for the school, ensuring financial stability and growth.
- To provide the Trustee Board, Headteacher and other members of the SLT with clear information, advice and recommendations regarding the strategic development of the school’s finances and support services as and when required.
- To be responsible for the effective management and monitoring of the school's overall budget and related finance matters across the school.
- To be the lead personnel and human resources advisor for the school.
- To provide all necessary oversight and monitoring of external service providers.
- To take the lead in terms of all external audit processes for finance and Health & Safety.
Your main responsibilities
- Leadership and Management – Be an active member of the SLT and line manage administrative, finance staff and the Site Manager.
- Finance Management – To take the lead on and be responsible for all areas of financial management within the school including budget setting, monitoring, payroll and VAT returns.
- Human Resource Management – Managing all aspects of HR for the school including all aspects relating to recruitment.
- Premises and Health & Safety Management – Oversight of and competent person for all aspects relating to Health and Safety at the school.
- Data Protection/GDPR Management – To act as the school’s lead point of contact in relation to GDPR/data protection.
- Student Attendance – Be the school’s lead on student attendance.
What you will need
- Formal qualifications in accounting or management; or CSBM/DSBM or equivalent and/or proven skills and abilities of high-level financial management skills.
- Significant experience of financial management and budgeting in a school setting.
- Good organisational skills and ability to juggle multiple priorities, as well as being able to stay calm under pressure.
- A positive can-do attitude.
What we will offer you
- Excellent continued professional development opportunities.
- Access to free wellbeing support (including GP support 24 hours a day for yourself and family members, physiotherapy, weight management, mental health support and counselling).
- A friendly and caring staff team.
- Friendly, happy children.
- A beautiful setting to work in.
If you feel that you have the qualities and skills need to fulfil this role, we would love to hear from you!
For more information, please read the Job Description & Person Specification.
How to apply
A job description and a person specification are available from ‘Attachments’.
To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.
Completed forms should be returned to – adriancrossland@standrewsschool.co.uk
Closing date: 10 November 2025, 9am
Interview date: 13 November 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Andrew's School
- School type
- Special school, Quaker, ages 6 to 16
- School size
- 53 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 6 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Andrew's School website
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