School Business Manager

Moulton Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 November 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: £33,669.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE)

School Business Manager job summary

Duties and responsibilities

Leadership and strategy

Be responsible for line-managing support staff, including carrying out long-term resource planning and managing recruitment, appraisal and professional development

Under the direction of the Headteacher, lead on all financial matters in school, to ensure the school’s successful financial performance and to ensure financial decisions are clearly linked to the school’s strategic goals

Implement school-wide changes and allocate resources in line with the school improvement plan, putting policies and procedures in place and communicating them to staff

Take all decisions in line with the vision and values of the school, and encourage others to do the same

Implement a marketing plan for the school, which utilises the school website, signage, the prospectus, and communications with current and prospective parents

Monitor developments in technology and consider how it can be used to enhance the school’s business processes, teaching and learning, and staff wellbeing

As a member of the senior leadership team, attend all leadership team meetings and report to governors where appropriate

Financial management and fundraising

In partnership with the Headteacher, manage the school’s budget and ensure it is balanced, realistic, and represents an effective use of public funds

Submit the budget to the governing board

Monitor the budget all year round, advising the Headteacher where revisions or changes are needed

Forecast future years’ budgets, based on the school’s estimated funding and trends in expenditure, to enable the Headteacher to make strategic, long-term decisions

Comply with financial reporting requirements and submit statutory returns

Oversee school bank accounts on a day-to-day basis, ensuring money is banked, invoices are paid promptly, money owed is collected, and clear records are kept

Develop and implement the school’s fundraising and income generation strategy, choosing fundraising priorities in line with the school improvement plan

Find and apply for grants

Lead on procurement processes, managing tenders where appropriate, conducting due diligence, benchmarking and evaluating suppliers, negotiating deals and ensuring value for money

Manage the school’s lettings offer

Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the finance manager, delegating tasks to finance/office staff where appropriate

Human resources

Manage the school’s payroll provision with the payroll provider

Manage staff absence, recording absence, conducting back to work meetings and follow up as needed

Ensure that recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance policies are administered in accordance with employment law

Advise on HR issues within school and liaise with the external HR provider

Conduct reviews of the school’s staffing structure to ensure effective deployment of staff and financial efficiency

Health and safety

With the Headteacher and site team, supervise the maintenance of the school site

Manage the school’s compliance with health and safety regulations, and put in place processes and procedures to ensure the safety of all in the school

Organise health and safety training for staff

Compliance

Manage the school’s compliance with statutory obligations, and advise others on the relevant legal, regulatory and ethical requirements

Track all school policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy review schedule

Monitor and update the risk register

Administration

Keep records in accordance with the school’s record retention schedule and data protection law, ensuring information security and confidentiality at all times

Provide administrative support for the Headteacher and governing body

Be the school’s data processor taking responsibility for monitoring data protection compliance and advising the school community on data protection issues

The school business manager will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

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

The successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment

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 Moulton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 612 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moulton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moulton-primary-school

At Moulton, our mission is to nurture and develop the ‘well-rounded’ child – a child that is confident, resilient and motivated, and who has the knowledge and skills to leave us well prepared for a changing world. To achieve this, our children need creative and enthusiastic teachers to support them on their journey and we are looking for the right person to become part of our fabulous team.

At Moulton, we are all about growth and this underpins our commitment to personal and leadership development. We value our staff and are committed to managing workload and protecting their well-being

Our parallel class structure mean that our teams work closely and support each other with all aspects of teaching and learning. Less-experienced teachers work alongside more experienced staff, as we all learn from each other. Our well-planned curriculum provides a great starting point for our themed topics, with a wealth of resources to choose from to make learning meaningful and fun for the children.

Moulton is a large, village school in a beautiful setting. We have all the values of a traditional village primary but in a modern and well-resourced environment that enables us to provide a broad range of opportunities. Our children are amazing; their behaviour is outstanding and they love learning. Our parents are highly supportive and work with us in partnership to provide the very best for the children.

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