Business Support Manager
Avanti Park School, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EU11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Please see JD for further information.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8, £35,708 - £37,569 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
About us and the role
Lead operations. Strengthen strategy. Enable excellence.
We are seeking an experienced, highly organised and strategic School Business Support Manager to play a pivotal role in the operational success of our school. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven professional who thrives on responsibility and impact - someone who understands that outstanding education is underpinned by exceptional systems and meticulous compliance.
Working closely with the Principal, Senior Leadership Team and School Stakeholder Committee, you will lead the strategic and operational management of school business administration. From Operations and resource management to HR processes, GDPR compliance and site oversight, you will ensure that the school runs smoothly, efficiently and in full alignment with Trust guidance and statutory requirements. Your expertise will directly support school improvement priorities, enabling leaders and teachers to focus on delivering the highest standards of education.
This role requires a proactive and solution-focused leader who can manage people, systems and projects with confidence. You will line manage administrative staff, oversee key operational functions including but not limited to Arbor and data management, support recruitment and compliance processes, and provide accurate, timely guidance to senior leaders. At its heart, this role is about safeguarding standards and in the welfare of children and young people.
If you are a strategic thinker with strong organisational acumen, excellent communication skills and a commitment to excellence in education, we would love to hear from you.
What will you do?
- Be responsible for advising the senior leadership team and the SSC on various matters to ensure the smooth running of the school.
- Be responsible for the submission of relevant information to Senior Leadership Team, the SSC and outside agencies e.g. DfE, LA.
- To promote and support the administrative work of any extended school activities making arrangements for school based activities.
- To ensure that all paperwork and monies for school trips is completed
- Design, create, develop and maintain policies as appropriate.
What are we looking for?
- Relevant Management Qualification or significant experience
- Qualification in School Business Management or other relevant area
- Experience of managing and leading staff
- Ability to analyse, interpret, collate and present management information through reports and plans
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
Avanti Park School is a beautiful primary and middle school (Reception – Year 8) in the heart of Frome, neighbouring Victoria Park. Our school is graded as good with outstanding in behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and personal development.
Avanti Park is a non-faith, community school that embraces inclusion and diversity. Staff find Avanti Park to be a wonderful place to work, with warm, friendly relationships underpinning a calm and joyful atmosphere, (OFSTED).
Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils. Learning is a quest to discover each student’s unique gifts and potential, and to lay the foundation for their lifelong journey of learning
“When I stepped into Avanti Park, the first thing I noticed was that they don’t just talk about valuing the whole child. It’s evidenced by discussions around spirituality within lessons and PSHE, its lived through assemblies, conversations with children and yoga lessons that help children focus on what’s important to them. All of this tied together showed me it’s not just a sound bite that we care about the whole child; it’s about giving them the tools to embody that daily,” - Simon Goldsworthy, Key Stage 2 Lead.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- Pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 13
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 524 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avanti Park School website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Park is built on three areas: Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight. We are very proud of our inclusive, warm and caring approach. Strong relationships between staff and pupils are incredibly important to us and are key to ensuring that your children will flourish and reach their academic and social potential.
All staff at Avanti Park School work in partnership with parents to ensure that every child is prepared to meet their life challenges, with high standards in literacy and mathematics as well as memorable experiences in other curriculum areas such as arts, craft and whole school festival celebrations. Through our curriculum pupils will gain a reflective, compassionate understanding of themselves and the communities around them.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Park School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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