School Business Manager - Norbury School

Overview:

Address: Welldon Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1QQ

Website: https://www.norbury.harrow.sch.uk

School Business Manager – Norbury School

Annual salary £53,109 - £60,414 (Payscale MG1)

Permanent

07:00am – 5:00pm daily, Monday - Friday

Term-time only (paid @ 1.0FTE)

Start date: September 2025

Norbury School would like to appoint an outstanding School Business Manager to work with our vibrant teams, in an award-winning Rights Respecting School. Norbury is a Safeguarding Learning Hub and Safeguarding is integral to all who work at Norbury.

In our last OFSTED March 2023 the school was described as:

“Norbury School is a happy and vibrant learning community. Staff and pupils are committed to an ethos of care, respect and inclusion.”

The successful candidate will work alongside the current School Manager for a handover period; taking full responsibility for budgeting and contracts for the next financial year.

We can offer:

• Outstanding and enthusiastic pupils who speak 54 languages between them.
• An exciting working environment where engaging and supporting children is a top priority.
• A supportive, inspiring team and award-winning school to grow with, where pupils are at the centre of all that we do.
• Expert training both within school and beyond

About you:

We are looking for:

• A dynamic proactive individual with proven ability of financial, personnel and premises management.
• A school business management qualification; ILM Diploma Level 4 or Level 5 or relevant workplace experience, and a willingness to undertake training for this qualification.
• Knowledge and experience of FMS, or alternative school finance databases such as Dataplan.
• Working knowledge of Arbor.
• Extensive experience in all areas of Microsoft Office.
• The ability to lead and manage a team.
• Experience of working in a busy school or other similar environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with both children and adults.
• The ability to organise your work under pressure and reach deadlines.
• A commitment to the School’s Equal Opportunity Policy.
• A commitment to the Schools Safeguarding Policy and procedures.
• A willingness to be part of the Norbury Team, which means ‘Be Inspired and Inspire!’

How to apply:

Application packs to be downloaded from the school’s web site www.norbury.harrow.sch.uk Completed application forms can either be e-mailed to vacancies@norbury.harrow.sch.uk or returned in paper form to the school.

Visits are welcomed and highly recommended – please contact Mrs L Wilkins, School Manager on 020 8863 8769 or at office@norbury.harrow.sch.uk for an appointment.

Interviews: Thursday 12^th June 2025

Norbury School is committed to the safeguarding of all children; all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS Check and on-line social media checks.

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