School Business Manager
Deeplish Primary Academy, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 1LTThis job expired on 24 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
24 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,626.00 - £42,708.00 Annually (FTE) (Actual salary will be reduced to reflect TTO working pattern)
School Business Manager job summary
Job Title – School Business Manager
Information about the contract – Term Time Only + 2 weeks (41 weeks per year) 37 hours per week. Permanent. Focus-Trust Grade 7 SCP 29-33. £38,626 - £42,708 FTE. (Actual salary will be reduced to reflect TTO working pattern)
Information about the role itself
Deeplish Primary Academy, is seeking to recruit to a School Business Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join our school and growing Trust. The role will report directly to the Principal, being responsible for strategic planning including financial, HR, ICT, Health, Safety and estates to ensure the school makes the best possible use of the resources available.
This role is key to the success of the academy, and we seek a Business Manager who has a positive attitude, who is solution focused, cares about making a difference to the outcomes of our pupils and can take others along the journey with them.
The successful candidate will need to be a team player who is able to multi-task effectively, motivate others and demonstrate a commitment to achieving high standards.
Applicants with experience of working in the education sector are welcome to apply as are those with a business background. The ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team is essential. We believe in recruiting the very best staff to support our pupils. The post-holder will be a full and active member of the Senior Leadership Team of the academy.
The role will be based at Deeplish Primary Academy but could involve some travel to our other schools within the Trust. This of course will be reasonable and appropriate to the role.
Focus-Trust
Focus-Trust was established in 2012. We are a charitable primary trust, based in the North West of England and West Yorkshire and are dedicated to working with our 15 primary schools.
It is the core purpose of Focus-Trust to continually strive to be a learning organisation, where the learning of all children and adults is valued and promoted.
We passionately believe equality of opportunity starts with education; irrespective of where you were born or where you live, a high-quality education in one of our great schools will make a fundamental difference to all our children's lives, career prospects and social mobility.
We are proud to have a great team of people working in our central team and within our schools who always put children at the heart of our practice. We are committed to providing excellent professional development opportunities for all our staff and always aim to be an employer of choice.
We welcome people who share our values and approach to our work and who can help us make our mission a reality ‘Learning together, making the difference’ and help us demonstrate our vision; ‘Great schools at the heart of our communities’.
Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 24 June at Midnight.
Interview Date: Monday 30 June 2025.
Additional Reasons to Join Us:
Automatic enrolment into a Teachers or Local Government Pension Scheme (albeit employees can opt out if they choose to)
Terms and conditions which are in line with national for Teaching staff and a Focus-Trust pay and grading structure which applies to all support staff across the Trust.
Access to the employee assistance programme to support with great health and wellbeing for all
Cycle to work schemes available
Excellent opportunities for professional and career development
Commitment to Safeguarding
Focus-Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. There is an explicit expectation that all staff, trustees, governors and volunteers share this commitment and adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. Applicants should be aware that the recruitment process will include an assessment of your suitability to work with children and must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Focus-Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.
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.
About Deeplish Primary Academy
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 451 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Deeplish Primary Academy website
Deeplish is an academy right at the heart of the Deeplish community and we work really hard to do everything that we can to support our children and families. We joined Focus Trust in December 2014 and have not stopped improving.
Our pupil admission number is 60 and there are two classes for each year group, from Reception to Year 6. In addition to class teachers, learning is supported in classes by teaching assistants – the number of these depends on needs within classes and year groups.
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum which gives the children a wide range of experiences to develop the whole child. Our curriculum is geared to giving children a firm grounding in the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in an ever-changing world as well as providing them with the solid foundations of reading, writing and maths.
A range of extra-curricular activities usually operates in the autumn and summer terms, during which staff generally run an after-school club once a week. Examples of clubs offered include basketball, choir and debating.
We value highly the partnership between home and school and encourage all parents to take an active part in the education of their children. The partnership between school staff, parents, governors and other stakeholders is an essential one. Children are at the heart of all we do and their social and emotional well-being, as well as their academic achievements are very important.
Whatever the needs of our children we aim to ensure they thrive at Deeplish, feeling safe, having fun and enjoying success. We want our pupils’ time in our school to be memorable, build on what they know and can do and help them become lifelong learners.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
St Silas's CofE Primary School
St Silas Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6JP
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Rochdale and Lancashire, Blackburn and Blackpool