School Business Manager (primary)

Trust In Learning (Academies), Bristol, BS13 0RF

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £42,839.00 - £50,269.00 Annually (FTE) BG12-13

School Business Manager (primary) job summary

Job Title: School Business Manager
Location: Across Trust in Learning Academies schools and central offices
Salary: BG12-13, N32-39 £42,839-£50,269 full time equivalent, depending on experience

Start Date: As soon as possible, ideally January 2026

Contract Type: Full time, all year round. Part-time working will be considered for the right candidate
Closing Date: 24th November 2025 at 9am

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic School Business Manager (SBM) to join our leadership team and play a pivotal role in the operational and business management of our school. This is a key position within the School Leadership Team (SLT) and involves collaborative working across the Trust’s Chief Financial and Operations Officer CFOO.

The SBM will lead the integration and alignment of school systems and resources, ensuring the effective management of people, finances, and facilities. You will be instrumental in driving operational excellence and supporting the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning.

Key Responsibilities

Work across Trust schools as allocated by the CFOO, supporting for defined periods of time or with specified remits or projects. For example:

• Model professional leadership and management of associate staff in partnership with teaching colleagues.
• Promote a strong business ethos and ensure strategic use of resources to support learning objectives.
• Oversee Human Resources, Finance, Premises, Facilities, Health & Safety, IT, Income Generation, and Administration (including Trips).
• Work within TiLA structures and policies to support the designated school and collaborate with other SBMs across the Trust.
• Support large-scale facilities projects in partnership with the Trust Estates Manager, including grant and bid applications.
• Contribute to the development of strategic plans and lead Trust-wide projects to enhance the impact of business management across schools.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in school business management or a similar operational leadership role.
• Strong financial acumen and HR management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to lead and inspire teams across multiple functions.
• Commitment to the values and vision of the Trust.

Please note full-time site attendance is required of this position, with opportunities to work from home on project work after the probationary period.

You are required to have a full driving licence as you will be required to drive between the schools within our Trust.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to excellence in education.
• Work alongside passionate professionals in a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth.
• Make a meaningful impact on the lives of students and the wider school community.

We offer:

• On site canteen facilities at some schools
• On-site parking
• Eye care scheme
• Flu jab
• LGPS pension scheme, including life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount voucher reward scheme
• 25 days holiday (increase to 30 days after five years’ service)
• Family friendly organisation
• CPD opportunities.

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

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, professional and character references, checking previous employment.

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 Trust In Learning (Academies)

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Trust In Learning (Academies) website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trust-in-learning-academies

Trust in Learning is an education charity formed in 2008 and is an Academy Sponsor based in Bristol whose principal purpose is to create inclusive education communities that provide excellent education and excellent outcomes for children and young people.

There continues to be a degree of misunderstanding about academies and academy trusts. We are a charity whose civic responsibility is to help improve the education of children. We support schools across educational sectors from nursery and primary to secondary and special schools.

In particular Trust in Learning is committed to helping to overcome the inequalities between our communities so that every one of our children can learn well and can prosper.

n particular Trust in Learning is committed to helping to overcome the inequalities between our communities so that every one of our children can learn well and can prosper.

As a Trust we are supported by the University of the West of England together with the City of Bristol College. These two institutions make up the membership of the Trust and they share a common ethos to seek to provide inspiring educational experiences that will equip our children with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding that will provide all of them with the opportunity to go onto university or choose to pursue a career of their choice.

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