Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AG

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  16 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 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: £48,226.00 - £60,208.00 Annually (FTE) Scale O - S (points 32 – 43): £48,226 - £60,208 per year, pay award pending

Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer job summary

'This school is a truly special place. Pupils flourish here' Ofsted March 2022.

Is your perception that, as a boys’ grammar school, we will be overly traditional and elitist? Think again! If you want to become part of a calm and happy school community then Lawrence Sheriff may well be the place for you!

Lawrence Sheriff School is an outstanding boys’ grammar school of approximately 1200 students, around 450 of whom are in our coeducational sixth form. As a National Teaching School, we have played a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. Our Teaching School Hub status also enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.

The Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer will be joining the school at an exciting time as we embark on transitioning from a Single Academy Trust to a Multi Academy Trust.

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised professional to provide expert leadership for finance operations at school level while also contributing to the trust's wider financial stewardship, compliance and long-term sustainability. The successful candidate will be a key leadership and professional support, working across both Lawrence Sheriff School and the newly forming Multi Academy Trust.

This role will suit a highly credible finance professional who is equally comfortable with detail and direction, capable of operating hands-on when needed while also helping leaders think well about the future. They will have excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with all stakeholders and possess the ability to manage multiple workstreams, while having strong written and verbal communications skills.

If you are excited by the opportunity to help shape successful school finance practice, provide assured trust leadership and play a visible role in the next chapter of our journey, we would be delighted to hear from you.

For further information please contact the Personnel department: Tel: 01788 843700, Email: recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com

Closing date for applications:

09.00 am on Tuesday 16 June 2026

Lawrence Sheriff School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As part of the pre-employment process, an enhanced DBS Check, Prohibition Checks, Childcare Disqualification (where appropriate) and Online/Social media screening will be undertaken in addition to other relevant background checks. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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.

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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 Lawrence Sheriff School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1201 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lawrence Sheriff School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lawrence-sheriff-school-rugby

'This school is a truly special place. Pupils flourish here’ (Ofsted, 2022).

Lawrence Sheriff School is a boys’ grammar school with a co-education sixth form. We have approximately 1080 students, over 380 of whom are in the sixth form. We believe that much of our success - including our consistently high Ofsted grading and our high rankings in DFE performance tables - can be directly linked to our emphasis upon LSS being a happy place to work for both pupils and staff. The 2022 Ofsted report goes on to say that ‘the passion that pupils have for their learning is palpable’ and 'there is a clear culture of mutual respect between staff and students'.These comments sum up the distinctive ethos and values of the school. As a National Teaching School, we have played a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. Our Teaching School Hub status now enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.

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