School Business Manager

Charlbury Primary School, Oxfordshire, OX7 3TX

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 October 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: £38,221.00 - £40,778.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 10 pt 27 - 30 (£38,221 - 40,778) FTE (Actual Salary will depend on working hours)

School Business Manager job summary

Charlbury Primary School is looking for an exceptional School Business Manager to join our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and take the reins on all non-teaching operations. As part of the wider River Learning Trust (RLT), you will play a crucial role in ensuring our pupils get the best possible "one go" at their education. This is a senior and hands-on role where you will provide strategic support to the Headteacher, SLT, and Governing Body.

Hours per week 20-25 hours per week. 41 Working Weeks.

Salary Grade 10 pt 27 - 30 (£38,221 - 40,778) FTE (Actual Salary will depend on working hours)

Closing Date Monday 3rd November (9.00 am)

Shortlisting date W/C Monday 3rd November

Interview Date(s) 14th November

As the School's Business Manager you will have full ownership of the school's key support functions, covering four critical pillars:

• Finance: Take a lead role in the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the school budget, managing expenditure, procurement, and contracts (supported by a Finance Officer)
• HR & Administration: Oversee all HR processes, including leading on staff recruitment, training, and appraisal, and providing line management to the administrative team (Office Manager and Admin Assistant)
• Facilities & Site Management: Manage the school’s facilities, premises, lettings income, and building projects, ensuring a safe and compliant environment (supported by an H&S Officer)
• Strategy & Compliance: Ensure full legal compliance across all operational areas (including DfES returns and website compliance) and take a lead role in the vital task of marketing and promoting the school.

What skills and experience are required ?

• A highly experienced and professional business manager who can demonstrate:
• Strategic financial acumen and proven budget management skills
• A comprehensive understanding of HR processes and line management experience
• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage complex administrative procedures
• A collaborative spirit and a commitment to the principles and ethos of a successful multi-academy trust

What we can offer

• A Strategic Post: You will be an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team, driving the school's long-term objectives.
• Flexible Working: Enjoy a genuinely balanced schedule. This is a permanent contract for 20 to 25 hours per week, working term time plus 3 weeks (41 working weeks).
• Competitive Salary: The Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) salary is Grade 10, (Your actual pro-rata salary will be calculated based on your agreed hours and weeks.)
• A Culture of Growth: As part of the River Learning Trust, you will be joining a community focused on Excellence, Learning, and Respectful Relationships11. RLT champions continuous professional learning and offers extensive support and development across our schools

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Kate Robertson, about the role, prior to application, then please email head@charlburyschool.org or telephone 01608 810354

The River Learning Trust and Charlbury School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

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 Charlbury Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charlbury Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charlbury-primary-school

Charlbury Primary School is a wonderful school in rural Oxfordshire, serving the town of Charlbury as well as the surrounding villages. The school converted to become part of the River Learning Trust in December 2019 and is on a journey to become a school that provides an incredible education to its children. We also aspire to be a school that all of its stakeholders can be proud to be associated with.

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