11 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    21 October 2025

  • Closing date

    4 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    21 October 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

BB05 £29,064 - £31,022 Term-time +5 days(Pro-rata)

School Business Manager job summary

St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School is seeking to appoint a warm, approachable, and highly organised individual to become our new School Business Manager. At St Cuthbert’s Primary School we pride ourselves on being a close-knit and supportive team where every member makes a difference. You will represent our school with a smile and help us create a welcoming environment for our staff, students, and their families.

We are looking for:

  • A friendly and welcoming presence to all who enter our school.
  • An organised and highly effective manager with the ability to meet deadlines and targets set by the school’s leadership team
  • Excellent ICT skills (Microsoft packages)
  • Some experience of finance systems and procedures
  • A working knowledge of management systems such as Arbor or SIMS is advantageous but not essential
  • An excellent communicator who can build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • A committed and collaborative team player who enjoys being part of a supportive school environment.
  • A passionate advocate for our school's values and vision

We can offer you:

  • A very strong Catholic ethos;
  • An enthusiastic, supportive and hard-working team of staff;
  • Highly motivated, friendly, polite and well-behaved children;
  • An inclusive school, where everyone matters;
  • Active and supportive governors, parents and parish community;
  • A strong network of support from our Trust and Diocese.
  • Ongoing training and support to deliver the role and develop further
  • Access to the Local Government pension scheme (employer contribution rate currently 18.9%).
  • Family friendly BBCET policies and practices that promote health and wellbeing
  • Access to car lease, bike to work and local travel pass salary sacrifice scheme

All applicants are invited to visit the school, please telephone to arrange a visit. You can also find out more about our school on our website.

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

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

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.

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About St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 9
Education phase
Primary
School size
79 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 9
Ofsted report
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School location

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