Finance Lead

Beech Hill Community Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8BW

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  July or September 2026

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  12 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,146.00 - £35,688.00 Annually (Actual)

Finance Lead job summary

BEECH HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8BW

Tel: (01582) 429434

Headteacher: Mr C Davidson

Deputy Headteacher: Miss N Carson www.beechhillprimary.com

Email:admin@beechhillprimary.com

VACANCY

FINANCE LEAD

L7 PT 26 £33,146 to PT 28 £35,688 per annum

37 hours per week (Part time may be considered) 41 Weeks per year

To be responsible for the management of the school financial resources, to include income identification, generation & finance the supply of external support services. The Finance lead will play an active role in the ongoing financial monitoring and year end reports. Extended school and school charity accounts issues and activities. Supporting the vision, and ethos of the school, the post holder will significantly contribute to the management strategy in accordance with the School Improvement Plan.

Beech Hill Primary School serves a wonderfully diverse, multi-cultural community. A School with Strong Standards with Expected elements rated by Ofsted in February 2026. We are committed to improving attainment and have designed a curriculum to motivate, challenge and engage our pupils’ in a well-resourced environment.

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong financial and analytical skills.
• Have a qualification relevant to the job, or good evidence of equivalent experience and training gained in the work place.
• Have substantial experience of the management and supervision of employees performing similar work.
• Experience of the management and use of IT for financial practices, spreadsheets and databases.
• Able to communicate effectively with parents, students, governors, the LEA, external agencies and colleagues.
• Be passionate about making a real difference to the lives of our children.

In exchange for a dedicated professionals, we are proud to offer a:

• A friendly, supportive Senior Leadership Team.
• Enthusiastic hardworking staff.
• Highly motivated children who are well behaved, eager to learn and a delight to teach.
• Excellent continuing professional development.

Applicants for these public-facing posts will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English.

Closing date: Monday 1st June 2026 @ 10am

Interviews: Week commencing 8th June 2026

Start Date: July or September 2026

Informal visits are warmly encouraged. To arrange this and for further information about the position and how to apply please contact our Personnel Officer, Mary Hull by email mary.hull@beechhillprimary.com. Applications can be made via www.mynewterm.com. CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service. If you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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 Beech Hill Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 904 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beech Hill Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beech-hill-community-primary-school-luton

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