School Bursar

Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 9BQ

35 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 February 2026

• Closing date

  23 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• 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.

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.

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

Kaleidoscope MAT is committed to ensuring outstanding safeguarding procedures and promoting the welfare of children and any offer of employment will be conditional upon the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education regulations, we will also undertake an online check for all shortlisted candidates.

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 Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kaleidoscope-multi-academy-trust

Kaleidoscope Multi-Academy Trust is made up of 7 Primary Schools within North Somerset.

Our staff are passionate about Primary education and strive to do the very best for our families and community. Our schools aim to be and promote the following values and ethos.

Our leaders and staff work in a collaborative way to develop and provide high quality Primary education, pastoral care and support our children's wellbeing. We provide opportunities for our staff to develop expertise within their roles. They are a strong team who work closely together. In this way we ensure that best practice and excellence is created and shared.

Our collaborative model allows for the development of Executive Leadership Teams consisting of experienced individuals from across the Trust, these are established across schools and also expand into sub-networks and teams. By working together, we can develop excellence in our offer. Our leaders and staff work collaboratively to build and share expertise by reviewing and developing best policy and practice which is research led and evidence based.

Our children enjoy the opportunities they have to meet and take part in events, activities and projects with pupils in other Kaleidoscope schools. In this way they see themselves not only as members of their own schools, but part of the wider Kaleidoscope community.

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