School Operations Manager - Connaught Special School

Connaught Special School, London, E13 9BT

27 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £40,182 - £42,060
• Pay scale: S02 points 26-28

What skills and experience we're looking for

Connaught Special School is seeking to appoint a driven, ambitious and customer focused School Operations Manager.

You will play a key role in working with the Head Teacher and senior leaders to shape the excellent administrative function that will support staff, pupils and parents.

Our ideal candidate will be naturally organised, able to use their initiative but also know when it is best to work collaboratively. You may already have the advantage of knowing how to use the Google Drive and Google tools to best effect, however if you don’t, a key skill will be your ability to transfer your existing practice from other systems and to develop your knowledge of the applications that you will need to use in the role on a day to day basis.

The job description outlines the spheres of administrative and leadership responsibility that the School Operations Manager will have (general Office Administration, Premises and H&S administration, and a core role in ensuring that ‘front of house’ services are professional and meet the needs of all visitors and parents). The post holder will receive support and guidance from our central support teams in all aspects of the role. Together we will ensure that a highly organised administrative function focuses on the right areas at the right time, enabling the Connaught Special School’s senior leadership team to focus on delivering excellent education to our pupils.

The role will be full time, 52 weeks per year and 36 hours per week.

Learning in Harmony recognises continuous service from other Trust’s and LA maintained schools.

What the school offers its staff

Connaught Free School:

• Connaught welcomes young people with a primary diagnosis of autism and coexisting conditions.
• Provides a stimulating environment where children can be safe and enjoy learning with a dedicated team of staff. Staff are our most important resource and we invest heavily in CPD based on individual needs
• Ensures that all our young people receive individual and personalised learning and support.
• Provides 45 pupil places at a temporary site in Upton Cross Primary School in Newham. When opened at its new, permanent site on Royal Road, the school will have a capacity of 105 pupils.

As an employee of the Trust you will have access to our Perkbox employee benefits scheme, offering discounts at major high street retailers, and access to an online wellbeing centre.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, or to arrange to visit the school, please contact Nithra Subramanian, Head Teacher via email nithra.subramaniam@connaught.lihtrust.uk

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Connaught Special School

• School type: Free School, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 26 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Connaught Special School website
• Email address: nithra.subramaniam@connaught.lihtrust.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/connaught-special-school

Arranging a visit to Connaught Special School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nithra.subramaniam@connaught.lihtrust.uk.

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