School Business Manager
Muswell Hill Primary School, London, N10 3ST14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
4 June 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
21 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 28 hours per week (4 days a week on site with opportunities to wfh as appropriate)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- PO4, Spinal Points 35-38
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Leadership Role: Be a key player in the Senior Leadership Team, influencing strategic decisions and driving the school's success with the opportunity to build a new administrative team. (The current team retires in August 26)
- Professional Development: Access to continuous professional development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career.
- Impactful Work: Make a real difference in the educational environment by ensuring the efficient use of resources and maintaining high standards.
- Collaborative Environment: Work alongside dedicated professionals in a supportive and dynamic setting.
- Competitive Salary: Enjoy a competitive salary package that reflects your expertise and contributions.
- Work-Life Balance: Benefit from a role that values your well-being and offers a balanced work-life schedule.
The right candidate will have:
- Recognised management/business degree or equivalent.
- Proven experience in strategic financial planning and budget management.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
The Role
Muswell Hill Primary School is looking for an excellent and experienced office manager. The successful candidate will be experienced in using school administration software, and in meeting the school’s statutory obligations and requirements. The ability to be flexible and to work efficiently, prioritising and delegating, in a busy office environment will be an advantage.
It is essential that you have a high degree of motivation and to be fully committed to supporting teaching staff in delivering a fantastic education for our children. The successful candidate will seek to develop and institute new approaches that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the school’s administration.
What the school offers its staff
Muswell Hill Primary School offers you:
- Wonderful, caring, well-behaved and enthusiastic learners who are positive about all aspects of our busy school life.
- A Rights Respecting, inclusive ethos, with the highest of expectations from all of its stakeholders.
- A committed, compassionate and diverse staff team who are committed to providing the best possible education for the children.
- Engaged and supportive parents/carers and a local community who want the school to succeed and deliver the best for all our children.
- An active, supportive and experienced governing body.
- An outward looking school which invites collaboration and builds networks.
- The opportunity for your own leadership skills to grow and shape the next years of the school’s journey.
- A school which values the creative arts, play and children’s social and emotional learning.
- Access to support from Haringey Education Partnership who provide a wide range of support for local schools.
- The chance to become part of the Muswell Hill and Highgate Network Learning Community, where local schools collaborate on every level and act as a critical friend at leadership levels.
We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage applications from under-represented groups and those who are committed to creating a sense of belonging for all of our community.
Muswell Hill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants. Also, this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with KCSIE 2025 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.
Further information about the job
How to apply: To apply for this post, please visit Haringey website
If you need assistance, please email manager@muswell-hill.haringey.sch.uk quoting job referenceMHPS/SBM/2026. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school directly. Please noteCVs are not accepted in line with Safer Recruitment practices.
Commitment to safeguarding
Muswell Hill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS before they can be appointed.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Muswell Hill Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Muswell Hill Primary School website
- Email address
- aatkinson6.309@lgflmail.org
- Phone number
- 02084448488
Are you interested in the outdoors? Do you value the creative arts within a school?
Do you believe learning should be challenging, exciting and immersive?
If so, this is a really exciting opportunity for you to come and join Muswell Hill Primary School.
At Muswell Hill Primary School, we believe that learning is our most important activity: and that’s equally true for our children and staff. We’re passionate about self-improvement and we go the extra mile to make sure that lessons are relevant, purposeful, engaging and rewarding.
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