School Business Manager

Larkrise Primary School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4AN

50 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,035.00 - £39,513.00 Annually (Actual) £4000 subject to conditions

School Business Manager job summary

School Business Manager - “Inspire through Creativity, Kindness and Adventure”

Larkrise Primary School, Part of The River Learning Trust, Oxford, OX4 4AN

Permanent Role

37 hrs/wk - £37,035 to £39,513 (Pay award pending)

We are offering an additional recruitment payment of £4,000 to the successful candidate with a further recruitment and retention allowance to be paid in recognition of strong performance in the role (up to 5% of salary) from year 2 (reviewed on an annual basis).

Ready to Lead with Purpose and Drive Real Change? Larkrise Primary School is looking for an exceptional Business Manager to join our senior leadership team and help shape the future of our vibrant, inclusive, and community-focused school in the heart of East Oxford.

This is more than a job — it's a chance to make a genuine difference. You’ll play a strategic and transformational role, leading on finance, HR, compliance, and site management. Your leadership will ensure our school runs smoothly and efficiently, giving our senior team the space to focus on what matters most: delivering an outstanding education to our children.

Our school offers significant rewards, but with that some challenges which require a skilled candidate, and in recognition of this there is a recruitment payment of £4,000 offered to the successful candidate (with half paid after three months in post, and half paid after six months). There is also the potential for a further recruitment and retention allowance to be paid in recognition of strong performance in the role (up to 5% of salary) from year 2 (reviewed on an annual basis).

At Larkrise, 96% of parents would recommend us to others. 98% of staff believe their work has purpose and impact. We are diverse, inclusive, and driven by the belief that strong relationships underpin all successful learning.

We are proud to be part of the River Learning Trust (RLT), which provides us with access to a wide network of schools and offers rich professional development opportunities.

Are you the leader who can:

• Empower and inspire our operations team?

• Deliver excellence in school operations?

• Support our mission of making a lasting impact on every child’s life?

If so, we can offer:

• Warm, enthusiastic children who love learning

• Passionate and dedicated staff

• A supportive and active PTA (Friends of Larkrise)

• Ambitious, forward-thinking leaders and governors

• A strong commitment to your growth, development, and well-being

Come and join a school where your leadership will be valued, your career will grow, and your work will matter.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust: Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. All of the schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together and by our commitment to our shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY’? is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school, and therefore, as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support, including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust and the benefits you can access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

To find out more about this role, the schools and the Trust, please visit our website www.larkriseprimary.org/vacancies/. Application forms should be made via MyNewTerm

Applications are welcome from Tuesday, July 1st, until Sunday, 31st August 2025

Shortlisting and Interview Dates: Applications will be reviewed upon submission, and interviews will be held as applications are received.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Jon Gray about the role prior to applying, please email office@larkriseprimary.org or telephone 01865721476.The River Learning Trust and Larkrise Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of its recruitment process in accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation, candidates should click on the following link: RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up-to-date policies, including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants, click on this link: List of offences that are not filtered

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

The River Learning Trust and Larkrise Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

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 Larkrise Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 430 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Larkrise Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/larkrise-primary-school

Larkrise is a vibrant and diverse city school.

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