School Business Manager (Level 3)

Sandbrook Community Primary School, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 2LR

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, working Term Time Only + 3 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: 41,179 - 44,254

What skills and experience we're looking for

Thank you for your interest in the position of School Business Manager (Level 3) at Sandbrook Community Primary School, part of the Watergrove Trust family.

The postholder must:

Be responsible for the strategic planning, development, and delivery of the overarching support functions of the school. The School Business Manager leads business functions—including financial management, people (HR), estates, health and safety, compliance, and administration—enabling senior leadership to focus on teaching and learning while ensuring operational efficiency and financial probity.

What the school offers its staff

Sandbrook community is a warm, ambitious and inclusive primary school serving families in the Rochdale Borough. We are intentional about culture and about enabling our staff to flourish.

Our school principles guide all that we do:

• The Motto: “A place for everyone to grow and achieve.”
• Three Pillars: The school’s foundational principles are built upon three core values: Respect, Honesty, and Love.
• Individual Focus: Staff maintain high expectations for all children, intentionally treating each student as a unique individual to cultivate self-belief and long-term relationships.

Values and Behaviours

Our mission is to be ever “Providing more” to the communities we serve, to enable life in all its fullness. Our Trust is enabled by a mutual interdependency within which we will always:

• Coach
• Challenge
• Innovate

Watergrove Trust has high expectations of its pupils and staff and we expect our employees to be aware of, and apply these values and behaviours at all times.

How to Apply?

To apply, please complete our online application form using the person specification to help guide you to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the post.

Application Deadline: Monday 2 November 2026 at 11.59pm.

Interviews: Monday 9 November 2026

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 Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background checks and usual satisfactory pre-employment clearances.

The Watergrove Trust values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Pack -School Business Manager -Nov 26.pdf - 293 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sandbrook Community Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 583 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sandbrook Community Primary School website
• Email address: people@watergrovetrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 01706 436 351
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sandbrook-community-primary-school-rochdale

At Sandbrook, we encourage children to experience a wide range of techniques to explore ways of making art using lots of different materials and to learn about other artists, craftspeople and designers from a range of backgrounds and cultures. We want our children to explore, take risks, invent and create confidently.

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