School Finance Director (CFO) St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford
St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQThis job expired on 7 December 2020 – see similar jobs
Closing date
7 December 2020 at 10am
Date listed
26 November 2020
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- c. £50,000 dependent on skills, knowledge and experience
Additional allowances
Expectation for salary progression should the candidate become the CFO
School Finance Director (CFO) St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford job summary
FINANCE DIRECTOR (CFO)
Full-time
Salary: c. £50,000 dependent on skills, knowledge and experience
Expectation for salary progression should the candidate become the CFO
The Governors of St Mary’s Catholic School are looking for a qualified Accountant to be responsible for budget setting, monitoring, tracking and review; securing our financial position, year on year. This role would include leading the tasks and responsibilities of the Finance team, reporting to the Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher and Governors.
School finances are exceptionally strong. Furthermore, the school is currently exploring the possibility of forming a MAT with 7 other schools. If the MAT commences, it is expected that the post holder would take advantage of the opportunity to become the CFO. Therefore, the successful candidate will be ambitious and positive about the chance to take a leading role in securing the financial future of a group of schools.
Working at St. Mary’s is an extraordinary opportunity. Our Surveys this year showed that 96% of staff enjoy their work at St Marys, 97% agree that leaders do all they can to ensure a motivate and respected staff, 100% of students enjoy their learning and believe that behaviour around the school is good, and 97% of parents would recommend St. Mary’s to other parents. We are passionately committed to developing staff and managing workload to ensure that colleagues enjoy their work and recognise St. Mary’s as an almost-uniquely positive place to teach and enjoy their careers.
Added to this, the school is also at an extremely exciting juncture in its future. Demand is high, and owing to intense oversubscription, we are 4 years through expansion to 6FE. We have also won over £7m in capital bids in the last 5 years and are enjoying brand new cutting edge facilities as a result. The school faces an extremely strong and positive financial future.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all successful applicants. St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, therefore an early application is advisable.
Apply in writing using the forms available on our website http://www.stmarys.net/about-us/vacancies/ Support Staff Application Form, Rehabilitation of Offenders Form & Recruitment Monitoring Form. Please note only applications on St Mary’s forms will be accepted. Please contact Recruitment@stmarys.net to submit an application or for more information.
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.
About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1084 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@stmarys.net
- Phone number
- 01279 654901
Welcome to St Mary’s Catholic School!
Thank you for showing an interest in working at St Mary’s Catholic School, an Outstanding mixed comprehensive in the pleasant market town of Bishop’s Stortford. As a Catholic school we have developed strong values by which we work, and we welcome your application – whatever your beliefs – to share in these traditional values of a fully rounded education in mind, body and spirit, integrity, honesty and sense of moral purpose. We have a strong partnership with our 8 local Catholic state schools and we are members of the Bishop’s Stortford Education Trust, a local collaboration of secondary and primary schools with a shared interest the very best educational standards for the students in our care. BSET also run a successful teacher training programme (SCITT) of which we are a part. We attract students from across the local area and from further afield in the Diocese of Westminster.
There has never been a better time to join our school community. GCSE results consistently place us within the top 25% of schools nationally and these successes continue in our strong Sixth Form. Many of our students undertake the English Baccalaureate and there is a thriving extra-curricular programme. In addition to the above, our financial position is extremely and almost uniquely strong. We have been fortunate to have recently renovated classrooms, Sixth Form study facilities, Maths, RE and Science laboratories and other areas of the school. Our most recent building programme is the renovation of the historic Victorian and Georgian buildings, which, at a cost of over £4m, will provide another ten renovated classrooms and office space. Indeed, this will once again become the main entrance to the school - proudly facing the Bishop’s Stortford town centre. In total, over £6m has been invested in the last 3 years – a remarkable project.
Our students, staff and parents are our biggest asset; they are polite and well-mannered, well presented and take a pride in their school. Students are a joy to teach and motivated by the strong pastoral and academic life of the school. Our Surveys this year showed that 96% of staff enjoy their work at St Marys, 97% agree that leaders do all they can to ensure a motivated and respected staff, 100% of students enjoy their learning and believe that behaviour around the school is good, and 97% of parents would recommend St. Mary’s to other parents.
The advert and our website contain a lot of information about our school and each department. If you would like more information, or to visit, please feel free to contact the school by telephone or by e-mail and we will be more than happy to accommodate your requests.
Finally, if you are passionate about working with young people and really believe you can join our team in making a difference, then I warmly invite you to apply. This will enable you to take a look at us in more detail and really experience at first hand the friendly and professional environment we have established.
Arranging a visit to St Mary's Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@stmarys.net.
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