School Business Manager
Ridgeway Infant School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1GG16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
17 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade J £39,513 to £43,693 per annum pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone who has:
- excellent financial, administration, communication and organisation skills
- experience in financial, HR, business and/or premises operations
- demonstrates a welcoming, positive approach with pupils, parents, carers, visitors and staff
- knowledge of data protection legislative requirements and how to effectively manage a professional office in line with these requirements
- successful experience of income generation and an understanding of educational enterprise
- excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines
- an understanding of partnership working and how to promote relationships in the wider community
- an appreciation for and commitment to collaborative work and is able motivate and lead by example
- initiative, drive and motivation to make a difference
- good knowledge of effective ICT administration systems
- an eye for detail
- stamina and flexibility
What the school offers its staff
- a school with a good reputation in the local community
- a uniquely welcoming staff team
- an ambitious, supportive SLT
- flexible working opportunities that suit both the candidate and the school
- an investment in personal and professional development
- happy, well-behaved children who are eager to learn
- a nurturing, child-centred school ethos
- excellent parent partnership
- spacious, well-resourced classrooms and expansive grounds and gardens
- an opportunity to create a legacy for our future community
- Employee Assistant Programme
This is an exciting time to join the team at Ridgeway. We have some significant school development projects planned for the next few years and are looking for a passionate individual with the drive to play a pivotal role in moving our school forwards towards its next amazing chapter! If you have the ambition to work in our busy and happy school environment we would like to hear from you.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Mrs S. Whitehead on 01332 760770 to arrange an appointment.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Thursday 17th July at noon.
Interview date: W/C 21st July 2025
An application form and further information about the role is attached. Please complete and return an application form along with a covering letter addressed to Ridgeway Infant School, which clearly demonstrates your suitability for this role. Applications can be submitted by email to Mrs S Whitehead, School Business Manager to recuitment@ridgeway.derby.sch.uk, with SBM application in the subject line, or by post to Ridgeway Infant School, Uplands Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 1GG
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@ridgeway.derby.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ridgeway Infant School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 267 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ridgeway Infant School website
- Email address
- recuitment@ridgeway.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332 760770
Ridgeway Infant School is a large three-form entry school with capacity for 270 children. The school is uniquely situated in extensive natural grounds with a well-established wildlife garden on site, in the suburbs of Derby City. The school opened in 1961.
There are seven classrooms in the main building along with a large hall, additional learning spaces and various offices. There are two terrapin classrooms located alongside the main playground. Despite the terrapin classrooms being located away from the main school building, the children in these classes are fully integrated into the life of the school. Our library is well resourced with a huge variety of books and has proven very popular with our families.
We utilise our locality to the full as part of our teaching and learning. Our curriculum is active and purposeful with many opportunities for learning outside the classroom, within our local community, Derby City and further afield.
The school stands in impressive open grounds which is maintained to a high standard. Our site includes a large, well-developed garden for Reception, Wildlife Garden, two sensory areas as part of the Rolls Royce Science Prize Project completed in 2015, Playtime Zones, Wild Flower Meadow and a Friendship Area along with an extensive school field.
Arranging a visit to Ridgeway Infant School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recuitment@ridgeway.derby.sch.uk.
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