15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    April 2026 (or as close to this date as possible)

  • Closing date

    18 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 Hours per week Full Time - Whole Time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£64,691 - £71,330

Pay scale

Leadership Scale Grade 10-14

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Governors seek to appoint a Business Manager to lead the school’s support staff and be a key member of the Academy’s Leadership Team. The role provides strategic leadership of all non-teaching functions, ensuring strong financial management, effective business operations and the efficient deployment of resources to support high-quality teaching and learning.

The postholder promotes the highest standards of business ethos across the school, drives operational excellence, and ensures compliance with statutory, financial and regulatory requirements.

What the school offers its staff

Staff wellbeing and development are at the heart of everything that we do. We constantly strive to get better at everything that we do, but this is achieved in a warm and friendly environment.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Woodham Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1027 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01325 300328

Woodham Academy is a secondary 11-16 age group school in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Woodham Academy has undergone a transformation in recent years, including a brand-new building in September 2024. Our results are well above national averages, we achieve positive progress 8 scores and are ranked highly in County Durham league tables. We are oversubscribed for a sixth year in a row, demonstrating the journey we have been on. Staff wellbeing and development are at the heart of everything that we do. We constantly strive to get better at everything that we do, but this is achieved in a warm and friendly environment.

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