School Business Manager
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TS12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
28 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 September 2026
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
- £37,772.00 - £46,650.00 Annually (FTE) Bucks Pay Range 6-7 ISN 31-40 (£37,772-£46,650) Pro Rata
School Business Manager job summary
Role: School Business Manager
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 6-7 ISN 31-40 (£37,772-£46,650) Pro Rata
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time + 2 Additional Weeks (41 Weeks)
Hours: Part Time - 22.5 HoursPer Week(3-4 Days)
Start Date: January 2027
Join Our Team at Alfriston School
An exciting opportunity to make a real difference in a thriving and ambitious school community. Due to the relocation of the current postholder Alfriston School is seeking an exceptional School Business Manager to join our management team and play a pivotal role in the strategic and operational success of the school.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised, proactive and solutions-focused professional to develop our non-teaching functions, ensuring that our operations, facilities, finance, compliance and business systems support the very best outcomes for our students and staff.
About the Role
The School Business Manager will provide strategic and operational management across a diverse portfolio including:
- Finance and payroll management
- Health, Safety and premises management
- Administration and school operations
- Data protection and GDPR compliance
- Procurement and contract management
- Business continuity and risk management
- Communications, marketing and community engagement
- Leadership and development of operational teams
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Has significant experience in school business, operations, administration or a comparable management role.
- Has experience of payroll administration and working alongside finance teams.
- Possesses strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Has a sound understanding of Health & Safety, compliance and risk management.
- Can lead and develop teams effectively.
- Is confident using management information systems and producing reports for senior leaders and governors.
- Has excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Alfriston School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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