School Business Leader
The Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, TW18 1PF15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, 52 weeks per year Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- PS11 (£55,485 - £60,898)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key responsibilities include:
- Work closely with the Trust’s central team and cluster leader to support setting the strategic financial and business direction of the relevant schools
- Negotiate and influence strategic decision making within the schools’ senior team
- Attend senior management/leadership team, full governing committee and appropriate governors’ sub-committee meetings as necessary
Requirements include:
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children
- Minimum 2 Years of relevant work experience
- Accounting qualification or equivalent significant experience in financial management
- Proven track record of continuous professional development
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
- Condensed school year with two week half term in October
- Ongoing training, learning and development opportunities
- Recognition policies for exceptional performance and long service
- Well-being support, including 24/7 online GP access, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), online wellness support and free eye tests and flu vaccinations
- Access to savings on your everyday spending including groceries, homeware, entertainment and holidays, through My Group benefits platform
- Work-life balance, and family friendly policies and processes
- Free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme
- Occupational sick pay
- Free access to onsite gym after school
Key responsibilities include:
- Work closely with the Trust’s central team and cluster leader to support setting the strategic financial and business direction of the relevant schools
- Negotiate and influence strategic decision making within the schools’ senior team
- Attend senior management/leadership team, full governing committee and appropriate governors’ sub-committee meetings as necessary
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About The Matthew Arnold School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 947 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- careers@matthew-arnold.surrey.sch.uk
Part of the Bourne Education Trust
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