School Business Manager

Lodge Farm Primary School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 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: £44,253.00 - £48,738.00 Annually (FTE)

School Business Manager job summary

Lodge Farm Primary School is on an exciting journey of growth and development, with a clear vision for the future and opportunities to build on our existing strengths. We are seeking an experienced and ambitious School Business Manager to join our team and play a key role in supporting the strategic development and effective operation of our school.

We are looking for a business manager with the following experience:

• A proven track record of successful business management within a school setting.
• Experience of managing school finances, budget setting, financial monitoring and reporting to senior leaders and governors.
• Strong knowledge of HR processes, including recruitment, safer recruitment practices, employee relations and personnel management.
• Experience of leading and monitoring health and safety compliance, risk management and premises-related matters.
• The ability to lead, support and work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial information and provide strategic advice.
• The confidence to manage competing priorities and deal effectively with complex situations.
• Excellent IT skills, including proficiency in financial and management information systems.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, promoting the school's values and ethos to pupils, parents, staff and visitors alike.
• A positive and resilient outlook, with a good sense of humour.

Visits are warmly welcomed. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office directly should you wish to arrange a tour: admin@lodgefarm.herts.sch.uk. Personal conversations with the Headteacher, Joanna Farbon, are welcomed before booking a school tour. Please contact the school office on 01438 236600.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including enhanced DBS checks with Disclosure and Barring Service. We will be carrying out an online search at the point of shortlisting.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Lodge Farm Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 386 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lodge Farm Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lodge-farm-primary-school-stevenage

Lodge Farm School is a happy and popular 2-form entry primary in Stevenage. The school sits within expansive and lovely grounds, with a large sports field which backs onto Nobel Secondary School.

Lodge Farm School is on an upward trajectory, with clear areas to develop, and this is an exciting opportunity to join the school at a time of growth and development.

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