School Business Manager

St John's Primary School, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9AG

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 November 2025

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 September 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: £35,745.00 - £38,233.00 Annually (FTE)

School Business Manager job summary

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Management: Oversee the school’s budget, ensuring financial stability and efficient allocation of resources.

• HR & Recruitment: Manage staffing budgets, payroll procedures and ensure HR processes are robust alongside managing the office team.

• Facilities and Premises Management: Ensure the school premises are well-maintained and safe for staff, students, and visitors.

• Administration & Compliance: Oversee administrative processes and ensure the school adheres to all relevant policies and regulations.

• Strategic Planning: Contribute to the long-term vision of the school, supporting the Headteacher and governors in decision-making.

You will have:

• Proven experience in a business or finance role, ideally in a school or education setting.

• Strong organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to work with a range of stakeholders.

• Knowledge of financial management and budgeting in a school/academy environment (desirable).

• A proactive, problem-solving attitude with a hands-on approach.

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

Safeguarding Statement

St John’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity. Therefore, although not a requirement for application, we welcome and encourage applications from under-represented individuals, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. If shortlisted, we will request references before interview.

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 St John's Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 207 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-primary-school-ox10-9ag

A friendly primary school based in Wallingford, Oxfordshire

We pride ourselves on providing a broad and creative curriculum for our children by providing a wide range of learning experiences, based around the six themes of our vision: critical thinking and problem solving, physical and mental well-being, local and global citizenship, communication and social skills, creativity and innovation and key academic skills. Our curriculum is enriched through a range of outdoor learning, sport, art and drama activities, after school clubs, themed weeks, trips and visits.

Through a focus on positive values, we nurture each individual to become the best they can be and help them to become successful life-long learners.

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