School Business Manager
Heybrook Primary School, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 9BJ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 36.25 hours per week 8am-4.30pm on Monday and Tuesday 8am-4.15pm on Wednesday and 8am-4pm on Thursday and Friday. One hour lunch break.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £44,176-£48,282
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Business Manager with excellent customer care standards who can manager varied and demanding tasks and meet strict deadlines. You will be a valued member of the leadership team, helping inform the strategic direction of the school. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and a commitment to working as part of a team as well as good organisation skills. You will line manage the administration team and work closely in conjunction with the Premises Manager, covering this post in times of absence.
As a successful candidate you will:
- Have experience of MIS systems
- Be able to use your own initiative and work independently
- Possess excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Be competent in a range of IT packages
- Have a calm, courteous, professional manner and possess good communication skills
- Have strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise a wide ranging work load and be adaptable to the changing demands of the role
- Have the ability to maintain accurate records in relation to service provisions
- Be an integral part of the administrative team
- Line manage Administrative staff.
- Be a part of the Senior Leadership team and support Governors
- Be exceptionally well organised and able to meet strict deadlines
- Work effectively in partnership with pupils, parents, staff and governors
- Work effectively with external services to support parents/carers
What the school offers its staff
We offer you:
- A ‘Good’ school, committed to excellence;
- Enthusiastic, welcoming and friendly children who are well behaved.
- An experienced, hard-working and supportive team of staff and governors
- A school committed to ‘success for All’
Further information about the job
Grade 9 scale point 34-38. Closing date 11.59pm on Friday 24th April 2026. Interview date Thursday 30th April 2026.
Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is a large, multi-cultural primary school situated in Rochdale. The School currently has around 685 children from 2 to 11 years of age. Our school is an exciting place to work with well-behaved children and a friendly and dedicated staff team. Our school motto is ‘Be happy, be healthy, be successful and learn together’ and as a school community, we are committed to ensuring that we achieve this for each and every one of our children.
“Everyone is warmly welcomed to this school. Pupils from many different countries and backgrounds arrive at different times of the year. Regardless of their past experiences, they benefit from every opportunity to be successful in their education.” OFSTED 2023
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated School Business Manager to join our busy administrative team.
We are a three-form entry school with a large co-located Nursery School. Successful candidates will join a very supportive team and be provided with high quality induction, CPD and support.
To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to cgibson@heybrook.org by 11:59pm on Friday 24th April 2026.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check
The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.
Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.
The school will carry out an online search as part of their due-diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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.
About Heybrook Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 703 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heybrook Primary School website
- Email address
- cgibson@heybrook.org
- Phone number
- 01706 647201
Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is a community school in Rochdale, Lancashire.
Arranging a visit to Heybrook Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cgibson@heybrook.org.
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