8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2026 or earlier

  • Closing date

    19 November 2025 at 10:59pm

  • Date listed

    11 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£16,637.00 - £19,702.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 9-10 depending on experience

School Business Manager job summary

St John’s Catholic Primary School has a vacancy for a School Business Manager.

As the school’s leading support staff member, you will work with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the effective and efficient fulfilment of our educational aims, making the most efficient use of resources to support our learning objectives. If you have experience of working in a school or academy, or in a similar setting and are an effective and experienced manager, we encourage you to apply for this post.

Duties will include:

Line management of the school office and other non-academic support staff

Budget management, providing advice and guidance on financial matters to the Principal and Academy Committee

Organisational tasks, and support to the Headteacher and Governing Body, on all areas of school - management

Implementation of Health and Safety throughout the school

Administration of the school’s personnel functions, in conjunction with our payroll providers and Central Team HR Manager

Premises management - both ongoing maintenance and management of building projects

Producing reports, analysing and responding to complex correspondence

Administrative and clerical support as required

Further training opportunities will be offered to the right candidate.

St John’s Primary School is an academy within the Pope Francis Multi Academy Company, a group of Catholic schools in and around Oxford. This partnership provides excellent opportunities for collaboration, co-operation and the sharing of good practice between our schools. Informal pre-application visits are most welcome, as are applications from Catholics and non-Catholics.

St. John’s Catholic Primary, part of The Pope Francis Multi Academy Company, has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups. All employees and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) and where relevant, a childcare disqualification check. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including two suitable references, evidence of Right to Work, Medical Clearance and where applicable a prohibition check and evidence of qualifications. All successful candidates will be required to present photographic ID and or their birth certificate along with evidence of any name changes.

This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

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 John's Catholic Primary School

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
228 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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The Directors of The Pope Francis Catholic Multi Academy Company, a large family of Catholic schools based in Oxfordshire, in partnership with the Governing Body of St John’s Catholic Primary School, are seeking to appoint an outstanding Headteacher who will lead this popular vibrant faith school, inspiring its children, staff and families ‘to be the best they can be’. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future growth of this thriving school which is situated in Banbury, North Oxfordshire, surrounded by villages and on the edge of The Cotswolds.

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