Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Part Time
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Salary: £41,930 - £43,596 per annum
An exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and forward-thinking business professional to join our senior leadership team and play a key role in the strategic and operational success of the school.
This is an important and influential role, ideal for a skilled professional looking for genuine flexibility alongside meaningful responsibility.
We are seeking an exceptional School Business Manager who shares our moral purpose: to deliver a world-class education that levels the playing field and opens doors for children facing intersectional challenges, including English as an Additional Language, deprivation and SEND.
This is a rare opportunity for an accomplished professional to ensure that outstanding operational leadership amplifies educational excellence.
As School Business Manager, you will be a trusted strategic partner to the Headteacher and senior leaders, ensuring that the operational life of the school is robust, efficient and future-focused. You will lead with integrity and ambition, creating systems and structures that allow both staff and pupils to thrive.
Flexible – applicants may work 3, 4 or 5 days per week.
The Successful Candidate Will:
- Champion our school values, leading with Courage and limitless Aspiration, placing the needs of our unique Community at the heart of every decision while modelling Ownership of future success.
- Lead with energy, resilience and integrity, bringing clarity, momentum and calm to a fast-paced environment.
- Line manage administration, premises, and breakfast/lunchtime teams, fostering a culture of high challenge, low threat that drives efficiency, accountability and pride in work.
- Proactively identify and manage risk across all operational functions, ensuring compliance, safety and long-term sustainability.
- Ensure operations act as a multiplier for school improvement, enabling strong educational growth through intelligent systems and strategic planning.
- Continuously refine procedures and policies, always seeking smarter, more effective ways of working for the benefit of pupils, staff and families.
- Demonstrate strong financial acumen, with a proven understanding of budgeting, forecasting and value for money.
- Bring a secure working knowledge of HR systems, Health & Safety, premises management and IT, or the commitment to develop these rapidly.
- Engage proactively in training to deepen understanding of operational leadership within a primary school context, where required.
What Matters Most to Us
Above all, we are seeking someone who can demonstrate:
1. Proactivity and innovation
A self-starter who relentlessly seeks the most effective, efficient way of doing things - designing, implementing and sustaining high-quality systems that stand the test of time.
2. Exceptional communication
A confident, professional communicator who understands the importance of keeping the Headteacher and senior leaders informed, anticipating needs rather than waiting to be asked.
3. Impactful line management
A leader who can motivate, support and challenge others - holding people to account with professionalism and humanity, and driving positive change.
To apply for this job role, please complete the application form and email it to: p.hoque@crowcroftpark.manchester.sch.uk
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
