Business Support Manager

St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JN

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

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: £43,817.00 - £48,225.00 Annually (Actual)

Business Support Manager job summary

Full Time - 37 Hours Per Week; 52 Weeks Per yearSalary scale K (points 32-36) £43,817 - £48,225

Required: May 2026

We are looking to appoint an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic Business Support Manager to join our Senior Leadership Team. This is a key strategic role and the successful candidate will have to demonstrate strong leadership skills, professional management and is responsible for the coordination of all support staff functions, ensuring high standards across administration, HR, ICT, Facilities, Health and Safety, financial oversight and wider school operations.

The Business Support Manager promotes high standards of business ethos and ensures the effective resource deployment to support learning.

St John Fisher is an 11-18 comprehensive school with a rich Catholic ethos. There are 800 students on roll including the Sixth Form. The school has excellent facilities and well-equipped rooms. The school was judged Good by Ofsted in October 2013, November 2017 and June 2023. It was also judged Outstanding by the Diocese in December 2013, 2018 and again in March 2022. Visits to the school are welcome.

We are a consistently good school on a journey to outstanding and so this is an exciting time to join us as we build on recent success and continue our drive to raise standards.

Full details and how to apply can be found on the Vacancies section of our website: www.stjohnfisherschool.org.uk

This school is a safe school and we ensure our culture is one that keeps children and young people safe from harm. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We take safe recruitment very seriously and the successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). Shortlisted candidates should be aware that online checks may be carried out as part of our due diligence.

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 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.

About St John Fisher Catholic High School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: Up to 815 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John Fisher Catholic High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/

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