School Finance Director

Birchwood High School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  January 2026 (later by negotiation)

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 November 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: £67,796.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Range (11-15) Fringe - £67,796 - £74,532

School Finance Director job summary

About Birchwood High School

Birchwood High School is a welcoming and inclusive secondary school, offering eight forms of entry for students in Years 7 to 11, along with a thriving Sixth Form that provides a diverse range of A-Level and BTEC courses. With a strong all-ability ethos, we are committed to ensuring that every student is valued, supported, and challenged to reach their full potential. As a non-selective, co-educational school, we take pride in serving our local community and delivering a high-quality education that empowers young people for the future.

We are delighted to have been judged ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted (January 2025), reflecting our dedication to educational excellence.

Situated in Bishop’s Stortford, our school enjoys an attractive, open setting near the town centre and train station, with excellent transport links to London, Cambridge, and beyond.

We are seeking to appoint a School Finance Director for January 2026 (or later by negotiation)

We are looking for an experienced and innovative financial professional for this key leadership position as part of the Academy’s Senior Leadership Team. You will have a significant strategic and operational role within the school overseeing all aspects of finance, related compliance and efficiency.

We have:

• 160 talented and hard-working staff
• Outstanding facilities for students and staff
• A determination to raise standards for all
• A belief in comprehensive values
• A commitment to professional development
• A proactive approach to staff well-being

This is a full-time position, however, we could consider flexible working arrangements negotiable with the successful applicant.

Please see the attached Recruitment Pack for full vacancy details.

Please apply using the MyNewTerm staff application form (CV applications cannot be accepted).

Please complete all sections of the application form fully, including your full work history with no unexplained gaps since leaving education. Please ensure that you include in your statement the reason for your interest in the role, what relevant skills and experience you how that will assist you in fulfilling the expectations of the role, your values and why you want to be part of the Birchwood Community.
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 8th December 2025. Interviews will be held w/c 15th December 2025.
Informal visits to the school are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the HR Manager at admin@birchwoodhigh.org.uk or 01279 655936.

Birchwood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff , visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) as well as other pre-employment checks, including an online check, outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024).
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

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.

About Birchwood High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birchwood High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birchwood-high-school

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