School Business Manager
Orchard Fields Community School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0QTThis job expired on 21 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 May 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
- £34,269.00 - £36,562.00 Annually (Actual) Term time and INSET days - Retention and Recruitment point for the right candidate
School Business Manager job summary
School Business Manager is required for September 2025
The Governing Body is looking to appoint a School Business Manager for September 2025
Dates: Apply by Wednesday 21st May 2025
Location: Banbury
Contract type: Term time, Full Time - 39.00 Hours (8.00am - 4.30pm, with one evening for Senior Leadership Meeting (Tuesday) until 5.00pm), which includes one hour for lunch/coffee break.
It is expected that the School Business Manager works all five INSET days, additional pay for these days are included within the salary below.
Contract term: Permanent
Salary: Grade 10 SCP 27 - 34 – depending on experience - £34,269 to £36,562
An additional Recruitment and Retention point can be negotiated and agreed to secure the right candidate with the appropriate experience. Existing School Business Managers’ interest will be welcomed.
Orchard Fields Community School is a large two-form entry school on the Bretch Hill estate. As a school, we strive to recognise and develop children’s personal strengths and talents. Our pupils are well-behaved, enthusiastic learners and our teaching team is welcoming, hardworking and supportive.
We are looking for an experienced office administrator/ Business Manager whom ideally will have some experience of working within a school environment. We can offer you an enhanced CPD package, in a supportive, inclusive environment with emphasis on teamwork to support well-being in the workplace.
The successful candidate will:
- be friendly with good communication skills
- have the ability to motivate members of their team
- have experience of line managing people
- be able to work well as part of a team
- show initiative when required
- be welcoming to our pupils, parents/carers and visitors
- have good ICT skills
- have experience of budget setting and monitoring
- have good proven administrative skills
- have a good working knowledge of safeguarding and health and safety
- have some experience of working with a Managing Information System
Candidates are strongly advised to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact the School Office Manager Mrs Julie Turner for a tour of the school. You are most welcome to have an informal chat with the head teacher Mrs Dawn Shilston. Please arrange an appointment with the office.
Closing Date: Wednesday 21st May 2025 (noon)
Short listing: Wednesday 21st May 2025 (pm)
Interviews on Friday 23rd May 2025
Successful candidates will be informed by telephone on the day of interviews. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being and safety of all pupils and expects staff to share this ethos. An Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being and safety of all pupils and expects staff to share this ethos. An Enhanced DBS check and online medical questionnaire are required for this post.
About Orchard Fields Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 430 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Orchard Fields Community School website
Orchard Fields Community School is a large two-form entry school (2 – 11 Years) on the Bretch Hill estate. As a school, we strive to recognise and develop children’s personal strengths and talents. Our pupils are well-behaved, enthusiastic learners and our teaching team is welcoming, hardworking and supportive.
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