School Business Lead

Hucknall Flying High Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6WU

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

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: £30,024.00 - £39,152.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5, Points 15 to 22 (with potential to progress to Band A Points 23 to 28)

School Business Lead job summary

You will have excellent business, administrative and interpersonal skills, a positive and proactive outlook and the ability to negotiate, lead and advise on financial, development and personnel matters. You will be joining an exceptional and supportive team of professionals, who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and our mission to make every day count for all children. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children and so, we put them at the heart of the decisions we make and the services we provide.

Hucknall Flying High Academy, is part of The Flying High Partnership. Our Flying High family work hard to deliver the best possible opportunities to our children. Through this partnership we are proud of our achievements and are recognised as one of the highest performing Multi Academy Trusts (MAT) in the country.

We can offer you: 

• A fantastic working environment, with an office team that works together for the benefit of children in our school.

• High-quality support from our Finance, Business and Estates Teams.

• Professional development through our School Business Manager Professional Learning Community (PLC).

• Committed staff who love what they do.

• Amazing children who will make you smile everyday.

• A school who is at the heart of our community.

We are looking for someone who: 

• Is passionate about the details!

• Is interested in education and its impact on the lives of children.

• Shows enthusiasm, energy, integrity and professionalism.

• Is eager to learn, will ask questions and seek advice.

• Is experienced in working in a busy office environment and can work effectively with and without direction.

• Is able to manage and develop a team of staff.

• Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

• Is a team player.

• Is willing to roll up their sleeves up and get stuck in.

• Will smile and enjoy all that our wonderful school has to offer.

Your core duties will be:

• To plan and deliver administrative, financial and other support functions.

• To undertake budget preparation and planning activities in support of the Head Teacher/SLT and manage allocated budgets.

• Shows enthusiasm, energy, integrity and professionalism.

• To lead the recruitment, selection and development of support staff.

• To lead procurement including sourcing suppliers, negotiating price and contract terms to ensure that resources are effectively managed to deliver the best value.

• To manage personnel administration and issues on behalf of the school.

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 Hucknall Flying High Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 237 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hucknall Flying High Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hucknall-flying-high-academy

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