School Business Manager
Byker Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 2AT5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
10 June 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
2 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Working Pattern: Term time 25 hours per week to include both Monday 8:00am-4:30pm and Wednesday 8:00am-4:30pm; other days and hours by agreement split across either 2 or 3 further days. In addition, attendance at 3 Training days and 5 additional days to be worked during school closure as agreed with the school in advance.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £39,513 - £43,693
Actual salary
- £23,279 - 25,741
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will be someone with proven success as a Business Manager; they will be energetic and nurturing; will learn to know and care for our children; and thrive in a role that offers variety helping to shape the future of the school.
We are looking for someone who demonstrates:
- Strategic Planning: Strong analytical and planning skills.
- Finance: Expertise in financial management, budgeting and reporting.
- Human Resources: Proficiency in Human Resource management and staff coordination.
- Estate Management: Ability to manage facilities, building projects and resolve issues.
- Administration: Excellent organisational and administrative skills linked to HR processes and payroll systems.
- Marketing and Liaison: Effective communication and networking abilities.
- Leadership: The ability to work effectively with the Headteacher and SLT to achieve excellence.
- Effective Communication: Commitment to developing and sustaining excellent relationships with children, staff, parents, governors and other members of the community
- General: Commitment to equality, safeguarding and maintaining a safe environment.
- Qualification: Hold an accountancy qualification/or working towards this (e.g. AAT, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA, ACA)
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer you:
- A welcoming and supportive place to work with a dedicated and creative staff team who are positive and dedicated.
- An inclusive school with happy, well-behaved children who enjoy learning
- The opportunity to develop our commitment to distributed leadership and management
- Established positive relationships with parents and the local community
- Appropriate training opportunities
- Local Authority pension scheme
Flexible working opportunities
Potential candidates are welcomed to visit our school during the week beginning 2nd June 2025: Please email recruitment@bykerprimary.co.uk to register your interest and arrange a visit.
Commitment to safeguarding
Byker Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and be successful against a range of other recruitment checks.
As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@bykerprimary.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Byker Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Byker Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bykerprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01912656906
Byker Primary School is a welcoming, friendly school set inside the Byker wall, in the East end of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Children from a range of different cultures and backgrounds are encouraged to do their best and aim high. The school strives to provide a varied and creative approach to learning, where children learn to express themselves and have fun!
Our dedicated team of staff share high expectations for our children to achieve to the best of their abilities, both within the classroom and beyond. We create a love of learning by challenging every child with an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum brought to life by inspiring and innovative teaching and delivered with a passion for teaching and learning. All learners are supported in their journey through school within a happy, stimulating and inclusive environment.
We pride ourselves on the caring ethos that is embedded within our school.
Arranging a visit to Byker Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bykerprimary.co.uk.
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