School Business Manager

Grimsdyke School, Pinner, HA5 4QE

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  1 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 July 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: £46,563.00 - £54,843.00 Annually (FTE)

School Business Manager job summary

Grimsdyke School is seeking to appoint an experienced, highly motivated and strategic School Business Manager to join our Senior Leadership Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional leader to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our successful and welcoming primary school. Working closely with the Headteacher and Governing Body, you will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of the school's business operations, ensuring that resources are managed effectively to support outstanding outcomes for our children. This is a permanent, term-time only position plus two weeks, offering an excellent work-life balance while providing the opportunity to make a significant strategic impact across the school.

The successful candidate will lead and manage the school's finance, human resources, payroll, administration, premises, health and safety, compliance, ICT, catering and lettings functions. You will ensure that the school operates efficiently, remains financially sustainable and fully compliant with all statutory and regulatory requirements.

We are looking for someone who is:

• An experienced School Business Manager or business leader with strong financial and operational management skills.
• A strategic thinker who can contribute to whole-school improvement and long-term planning.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build positive relationships with staff, governors, parents and external partners.
• Highly organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Committed to safeguarding, equality, inclusion and delivering the very best outcomes for every child.

In return, we offer the opportunity to work within a supportive and dedicated team, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a significant contribution to the continued success of our vibrant and inclusive school community.

If you are an ambitious, forward-thinking leader with a passion for education and school business management, we would be delighted to hear from you.

For further information about this opportunity or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact the school using the details below. We welcome visits from prospective applicants and would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and interview or appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date if an exceptional application is received. Early applications are therefore encouraged.

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

Grimsdyke School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this
commitment and will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, Barred List
and full child protection/safeguarding training.

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 Grimsdyke School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 625 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Grimsdyke School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grimsdyke-school

Grimsdyke School is an over subscribed three form entry primary school location in a residential area of Hatch End. As a school we work alongside a community of aspirational parents who want the best for their children and as a result we have an amazing cohort of children from Reception to Year Six who are engaged with their learning and want to do well.

Throughout the school we foster a safe cohesive calm, caring environment where students feel valued and are challenged through a broad and balanced curriculum. We foster “growth mindset” at all phases across the school to develop students who are resilient when faced with a challenge and are risk-takers in their learning. As a staff of excellent practitioners we are committed to ensure this happens on a day-to-day basis because we believe that they are key elements of lifelong learning.

In order for students to achieve and develop holistically they are encouraged to learn in a variety of different ways as individuals and as groups. At Grimsdyke, we endeavour to involve students in their own learning by setting goals, reflecting, taking opportunities to lead with their peers or class and developing a positive mindset where mistakes and challenge become a key part to their development and progress. These opportunities develop a well-rounded learner that is able to adapt to a wide range of situations thus making the best of all learning experiences now and in the future.

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