16 days remaining to apply

  • Earliest start date

    7 December 2026

  • Latest start date

    8 December 2026

  • Closing date

    9 October 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    23 September 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hpw Monday - Friday over full year [ie not term time only]

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

NYC Grade SM1, points 45-49 [£60,161 - £69,242 pa]

What skills and experience we're looking for

Applications are invited for the post of School Business Leader, Ripon Grammar School. We look forward to appointing an enthusiastic, committed and innovative individual to share in the development of the school over the next few years. The successful applicant for this post will be an active member of the RGS Senior Leadership Team who will deliver a high quality and efficient business support service to the School.

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school achieving academic results that place it among the leading schools in the North of England. With 960 students currently on roll, including 68 boarders and a Sixth Form of over 300, this post presents a rare opportunity for someone with drive and vision, who has a proven track record of excellent financial and commercial capabilities, excellent interpersonal skills and the flexibility and creativity to adapt to evolving situations.

The school takes pride in serving the small cathedral city of Ripon and the surrounding rural communities as well as the wider population of North Yorkshire through its boarding facilities. As an academically selective school, our aim and commitment is to enable all students to realise their intellectual and personal potential and to ensure they progress with success and confidence to the next phase of their lives.

Further information about the school, the post and job specification, together with an application form, can be found at www.ripongrammar.co.uk/vacancies

What the school offers its staff

  • Committed and hardworking colleagues who are proud of the school and its reputation
  • Highly motivated and well-behaved students who are an asset to the school and the wider community
  • Opportunities to get involved in a thriving community-focussed school that sees the value of developing the whole child
  • Commitment to Professional development of all staff through its CPD programme
  • Excellent working environment in a stunning location
  • Opportunities to use the school's facilities, including the swimming pool, fitness suite, sports hall
  • Access to North Yorkshire Health Assured Scheme
  • Free car parking on site

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

20260723-School Business Leader-Person Specification.docx - 42 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ripon Grammar School

Organisation type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
957 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Website
Ripon Grammar School website
Email address
hargravesp@ripongrammar.com
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Ripon Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School is an outstanding, day and boarding, co-educational, selective grammar school, situated at the heart of the city of Ripon. We offer a broad academic curriculum which is challenging and inspiring. Added to first rate teaching, our students engender a strong work ethic and community of learning. While we value highly a spirit of independent learning, academic support and guidance, delivered via the tutorial system, is also excellent. Consequently GCSE and A Level results and ‘value added’ are, year on year, exceptionally strong each year whilst students have opportunities to develop a wide range of personal and social skills.

We value especially our ability to know our students as individuals. We encourage them to be involved in the school community, taking leadership roles and through supporting younger students. We are very proud of the student-led organisation of our annual charity week as well as their involvement in House events [including House Drama, House Debating and Sports Day].

Equally important is our broad enrichment programme which develops participation, leadership and confidence through such activities as weekly sport, an outstanding music programme, voluntary service, work experience and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, to name just a few. Alongside this programme there exists a vibrant society life which encompasses both academic societies and more broad political and community-based groups.

As the only state boarding school in Yorkshire, we have a thriving boarding community. This provides students with a ‘home from home’, but also gives them the sense of independence and experience of living within a community, thus providing a unique preparation for university life to come.

In summary, Ripon Grammar School is a dynamic and thriving community school which aims to stretch, challenge and support the students in as many ways as possible. If you are looking for an opportunity to get involved as well as teaching your subject with passion and enthusiasm to keen and enthusiastic learners, then Ripon Grammar School is the place for you.

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