School Business Manager
Heathmere Primary School, London, SW15 4LJ31 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Required to start 1st April 2026
Closing date
23 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
23 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £45,741.75 - £48,894.28 per annum (Grade: PO3, point 33 - 36)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Heathmere Primary School is an inner London school on the edge of Richmond Park. We are focused on Quality Education for all and everything we do is about giving our children the best opportunities possible. We are looking to appoint a School Business Manager, following the imminent retirement of our current post-holder. The successful candidate will be responsible for running the Finance, Administration, Personnel and Premises aspects of the school.
We are looking for someone who:
- Will buy into our whole school values of respect, resilience and high expectations
- Has drive, determination and a commitment to ensure the children at Heathmere have the best opportunities that they can
- Believes in inclusion and achievement for all children
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- Enthusiastic children and a positive learning environment
- The opportunity to work in a staff team who are highly motivated and continually looking to improve things
- A commitment to your professional development
- A truly inclusive school
- A team of staff and governors who are passionate and committed to our school being the best it can be
The school is well-served by buses from areas such as Kingston, Putney, Hammersmith, Fulham, Wandsworth and Clapham Junction. It is situated on the A3 with easy access by car from South London, West London and Surrey. There is free on-street parking and secure bike storage.
Visits to the school are encouraged. Please phone to make an appointment or email the School Office office@heathmere.wandsworth.sch.uk
Further information about the job
Alternatively, an application pack can be found on the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/
For further details please contact the school on the telephone number or email below.
Completed applications should be returned to the school via email to: office@heathmere.wandsworth.sch.uk
Closing date: 23 January 2026 (at 9am)
Interviews: Week commencing 26 January 2026
Commitment to safeguarding
At Heathmere, safeguarding underpins everything that we do; keeping the children safe is our top priority. We are a school where all members of the community work together so that children learn and achieve their full potential in a calm, safe and caring environment.
We work in conjunction with the Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership.
The curriculum and wider ethos at Heathmere is designed to help the children to understand how to stay safe. Some of these ways include:
PATHS
Online Safety
Relationships Education
Personal, Social and Health Education
Assemblies
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Heathmere Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 260 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heathmere Primary School website
- Email address
- office@heathmere.wandsworth.sch.uk
WELCOME FROM THE HEADTEACHER
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the children, staff and governors of Heathmere Primary School. OFSTED rated our school as GOOD in February 2019; we are immensely proud of our school and children.
VALUES AND VISION
At Heathmere, we set high standards for our children and we want them – by the time the reach Year 6 – to be ready for secondary school. Our school values of Respect, Resilience and High Expectations underpin everything that we do. We believe these are the values that will help children through their school years and also throughout their adult life. Take a moment to look at our vision and mission statement.
HEATHMERE ETHOS: ALWAYS LEARNING
Learning is at the centre of everything we do at Heathmere; we believe that children should be ‘Always Learning’. We focus on developing children’s skills and knowledge in all areas of the curriculum. We have specialist teachers in Literacy and Maths who work across the school to ensure that reading, writing and maths lessons are of the highest quality. We also pride ourselves on our wider curriculum which includes lots of exciting opportunities to learn both inside and outside of the classroom. There are lots if interesting trips and workshops and Art, Dance, Gym and Music are all taught by specialist teachers.
WORKING TOGETHER
We expect all children at Heathmere to achieve and become the very best they can be. This vision will drive us as we aim to keep improving our school. Children have the greatest chance of succeeding if parents and school work together in partnership. We are a friendly and open school that prioritises the inclusion of all children. Safeguarding children and ensuring their welfare is a priority for us and we will work with parents to make sure all of our children are safe.
GET IN TOUCH
If you would like a paper copy of any information that is displayed on this website, please ask the office and do email or phone the school if you would like to visit. Everyone is welcome.
Emma Lewis
Headteacher
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