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  • Job start date

    2 February 2026

  • Closing date

    23 January 2026 at 11am

  • Date listed

    18 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£35,412.00 - £38,220.00 Annually (FTE) JG7 SCP 24 - 27

School Bursar job summary

We are seeking a School Bursar to support the Kaleidoscope Central Team and assigned school, Crockerne C of E Primary School, for which they will be responsible. The location of the role will be split between the school site (Crockerne, BS20) and the KMAT Central Office (BS22).

This is an exciting and rare opportunity for someone to move onto their next stage of finance in this innovative and significant role, where the successful candidate will impact upon the children, families, staff and community of local schools and as part of a Multi-Academy Trust.

This is an exciting new role that has been established to assist in the smooth day-to-day running of all Finance and Budgetary control aspects within the allocated schools and supporting the central team. Working under the direction of the CFO (Chief Finance Officer), Headteacher and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and within the policies adopted by the Trust board and the Academy Trust handbook.

This role will provide efficient and effective management and supervisory support on all operations including Finance, Budgets, Procurement, HR, Payroll, Premises by working with the school’s Office Manager and Finance/Admin team and supporting the SFOO (Senior Finance & Operations Officer) and general administrative matters.

You will be working within both a school and the central Trust office environment. At Kaleidoscope MAT, we have worked together to develop strong policy, procedure and practice across our schools. We also recognise the uniqueness and diversity of our schools and celebrate this. Both Crockerne and the KMAT Central Office play important roles within their local communities.

Both sites have highly skilled and dedicated staffing teams. School Governors and Parents/Carers are very supportive and the children are able to thrive and excel. They enjoy school, learning and the wide range of provision and opportunities available to them.

As a Church school, Crockerne has excellent links with the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

Visits to the school are welcome, if you would like to discuss this or the role more generally, please contact Jo Walters (CFO, Kaleidoscope MAT) using the MAT Central Office contact information. Please see the School Bursar Recruitment Pack for further information.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

https://www.kaleidoscopemat.co.uk/uploads/9/4/7/2/94728976/safeguarding_policy_kmat_2022.pdf

Applying for the job

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About Crockerne Church of England Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
319 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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Crockerne Church of England Primary School is a 3-11 Primary School. It is in the heart of the villages of Pill, Easton in Gordano and Ham Green; it is a lovely place to work and many visitors and new parents comment on the family, nurturing and inclusive feel the school has for both children and staff.

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