School Business Manager
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2EX11 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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)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
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick website
School location
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