School Business Manager

Riverside School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January/February 2027

• Closing date

  18 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 52.14 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: London borough of Bromley Management Grade 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

The School Business Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and effective running of the school’s business functions, supporting the provision of high-quality education for children and young people with a range of complex needs. The postholder will lead and develop our team of school business professionals, providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across Finance, Premises and Estates, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Administration and Data Management, ICT, Extended Services and Marketing. The role will ensure that robust systems and processes underpin the school’s mission and vision, enabling teaching staff to secure the very best outcomes for all pupils and their families.

What the school offers its staff

A supportive and caring community

Local government pension scheme

Staff discount scheme

Employee Wellbeing Programme

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

Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

School Business Manager - October 2026.pdf - 196 KB (opens in new tab)

About Riverside School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• Size: 360 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-school-orpington

We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age (3-19) special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley), in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside the most incredible place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. We aim to provide the kind of specialist education and opportunities that our families want and our pupils deserve. We stand together to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity so that everyone in our school community feels a true sense of belonging.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

Aspiration Resilience Creativity Humility Integrity Trust Enthusiasm Courage Teamwork

They make up the acronym ARCHITECT to signify our passion for designing and building a school that will make an indelible mark on the world for generations to come; a school that will impact positively on everyone who enters, on people we may never meet, and in ways we may never know.

Arranging a visit to Riverside School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk.

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