School Business Leader
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 1PF |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 23 Oct 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key responsibilities include:
• Work closely with the Trust’s central team and cluster leader to support setting the strategic financial and business direction of the relevant schools
• Negotiate and influence strategic decision making within the schools’ senior team
• Attend senior management/leadership team, full governing committee and appropriate governors’ sub-committee meetings as necessary
Requirements include:
Essential
• Ability to demonstrate an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children
• Minimum 2 Years of relevant work experience
• Accounting qualification or equivalent significant experience in financial management
• Proven track record of continuous professional development
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Condensed school year with two week half term in October
• Ongoing training, learning and development opportunities
• Recognition policies for exceptional performance and long service
• Well-being support, including 24/7 online GP access, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), online wellness support and free eye tests and flu vaccinations
• Access to savings on your everyday spending including groceries, homeware, entertainment and holidays, through My Group benefits platform
• Work-life balance, and family friendly policies and processes
• Free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme
• Occupational sick pay
• Free access to onsite gym after school
Key responsibilities include:
• Work closely with the Trust’s central team and cluster leader to support setting the strategic financial and business direction of the relevant schools
• Negotiate and influence strategic decision making within the schools’ senior team
• Attend senior management/leadership team, full governing committee and appropriate governors’ sub-committee meetings as necessary
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.