School Business Manager

Grade: Grade 9 (SCP 34 38)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 36.25 Hours Per Week

Working Pattern: All Year Round

Actual Salary: £44,177 - £48,283

Interview Date: Thursday 30^th April 2026

Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is a large, multi-cultural primary school situated in Rochdale. The School currently has around 685 children from 2 to 11 years of age. Our school is an exciting place to work with well-behaved children and a friendly and dedicated staff team. Our school motto is ‘Be happy, be healthy, be successful and learn together’ and as a school community, we are committed to ensuring that we achieve this for each and every one of our children.

“Everyone is warmly welcomed to this school. Pupils from many different countries and backgrounds arrive at different times of the year. Regardless of their past experiences, they benefit from every opportunity to be successful in their education.” OFSTED 2023

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated School Business Manager to join our busy administrative team.

We are a three-form entry school with a large co-located Nursery School. Successful candidates will join a very supportive team and be provided with high quality induction, CPD and support.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Business Manager with excellent customer care standards who can manager varied and demanding tasks and meet strict deadlines. You will be a valued member of the leadership team, helping inform the strategic direction of the school. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and a commitment to working as part of a team as well as good organisation skills. You will line manage the administration team and work closely in conjunction with the Premises Manager, covering this post in times of absence.

As a successful candidate you will:

• Have experience of MIS systems.
• Be able to use your own initiative and work independently.
• Possess excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Be competent in a range of IT packages.
• Have a calm, courteous, professional manner and possess good communication skills.
• Have strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise a wide ranging workload and be adaptable to the changing demands of the role.
• Have the ability to maintain accurate records in relation to service provisions.
• Be an integral part of the administrative team.
• Line manage Administrative staff.
• Be a part of the Senior Leadership team and support Govenors.
• Be exceptionally well organised and able to meet strict deadlines.
• Work effectively in partnership with pupils, parents, staff and Governors.
• Work effectively with external services to support parents/carers.

We offer you:

• A ‘Good’ school, committed to excellence.
• Enthusiastic, welcoming and friendly children who are well behaved.
• An experienced, hard-working and supportive team of staff and Governors.
• A school committed to ‘success for All’.

To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to cgibson@heybrook.org by 11:59pm on Friday 24^th April 2026.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check

The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.

Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due-diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.