School Operations Manager

Allenton Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9BB

26 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £30,447.89 Actual Salary per annum

School Operations Manager job summary

School Operations Manager 

Required from Monday 4th January 2027

Full time, 37 Hours per week 

Term time plus 2 (41 weeks per year) 

Permanent

Grade F points 20-24 (£33,673-£36,581 FTE per annum) 

£30,447.89Actual Salary per annum

  

Allenton Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an Operations Manager to manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, health & safety and organisational processes within the school. Working closely with Head of School and the Transform Trust central team to ensure school finance and HR processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

 

We warmly welcome applications from motivated individuals to join our dedicated and highly effective team from January 2027. The role includes contribution to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and management of some support staff, including delegation of relevant activities. 

 

You will: 

have general office or similar experience, ideally in an Educational setting 

experience of managing people 

be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations 

have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion 

be accurate and take pride in your work 

work well as part of a team  

be literate and numerate; 

have excellent communication skills with children and adults 

In return we offer: 

A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards. 

Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives 

Calm and purposeful learning environments 

Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best 

Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community  

A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school 

Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust 

 

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact Liam Williams, LWilliams@allenton.derby.sch.uk to arrange an appointment. 

How to apply 

 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview. 

 

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Trust/transformtrust Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for. 

Any questions or queries should be directed to Liam Williams at Allenton Community Primary School, Email: LWilliams@allenton.derby.sch.uk Telephone: 01332 701144

 

Closing date for applications: Monday 2nd November @9am

              Applicants will be shortlisted and informed from 4pm on the 2nd November.

Interviews will be held on: Friday 6th November, Timings tbc

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 Allenton Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 268 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Allenton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/allenton-primary-school

Alongside consistent teaching practice we feel that having an active partnership with parents is vital to our children’s learning. Our shared vision is that children receive quality life experiences within school and the surrounding community, with a curriculum based on practical L2L activities, promoting life skills. We best prepare our children for life and the next step in their education by ensuring they are: aspirational, resilient, independent, confident, have a love of learning and who are securely numerate and literate. Our aspiration is that we foster and promote life-long learning where children value themselves, the community they live in and the school they learned in.

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