School Business Manager
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Currently £49,197 to £57,076 (Leadership Scale 10-16)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 September 2017
Job overview
School Business Manager
(Leadership Scale 10-16) Currently £49,197 to £57,076
Required ASAP
The School Business Manager contributes to the strategic planning and whole school management within the Leadership Group, by leading and managing support functions across the school in particular, finance, HR (including recruitment and DBS checks), support staff, contracts (including school transport and catering), facilities, health and safety, admissions, income generation, measures to improve efficiency and sustainability across the school, and data returns.
Vandyke is in the process of forming a MAT. We wish to appoint a School Business Manager who will take on the functions of a Director of Operations for the MAT with appropriate adjustment of the job description and salary.
You will be joining a thriving school. We have completed the first phase of a major building programme providing additional classrooms and new facilities. Vandyke has been chosen by the local authority to form part of an expansion programme within the Leighton Buzzard locality resulting in a forecast increase in capacity to 1500 students.
We would recommend any prospective candidates to visit the school before the closing date to see the outstanding facilities for themselves. Please contact the Headteacher to arrange a visit. Visits after this date (during the school holidays) can be arranged by contacting the school on 01525 636718
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Please visit our website for on-line details and an application form or contact Tim Carroll, our Headteacher, by telephone on 01525 636700. Please submit a covering letter with your application.
Closing date: Midday Friday 22nd September 2017
Attached documents
About Vandyke Upper School
'Everyone Matters'
Staff feel well supported and are supportive of one another*
*Source Annual School Survey Jan 2019
- Vandyke is a good place to work, with high expectations and a caring ethos.
- The support and opportunities for professional development we enjoy at Vandyke is recognised in the award of Investors in People.
- We often find that competition for posts at Vandyke is strong and the experience colleagues’ gain here can be a stepping stone to further promotion.
- Our school has a ‘special atmosphere’ - one that visitors often comment upon. This special atmosphere is based on our emphasis on high quality relationships: staff-to-staff, student-to-student and staff-to-student
- Vandyke is a thriving school, with a growing reputation for excellent teaching and achievement, innovative and inclusive practice, and excellent leadership and management that puts students and learning at the centre.
- Our commitment to high standards and to regularly reviewing, evaluating and improving our practices is recognised in the many awards we hold. We are proud to hold Sportsmark and Artsmark Gold awards, in recognition of our commitment to Sport/PE and our outstanding programme of extra-curricular sport and performing arts activities. We also hold the International School Award, which recognises the depth and breadth of our commitment to the international dimension of our curriculum.
- Facilities at Vandyke are excellent and include recently refurbished and developed areas such as a Theatre, Drama Studio, Dance Studio, Sports Hall, Sports Activity area, Music suite, Café, and Library/Study facilities.
- Facilities for staff include a generous and well-equiped staff room, free and plentiful parking and the ground breaking Vandyke Café that brings the high street café culture into school.
As a successful and popular school, Vandyke was requested by Central Beds local authority to expand to accommodate additional students. This expansion programme has added a further 10 new classrooms and PE changing rooms increasing capacity to 1200 students. A further programme to provide a new Sixth Form centre and 12 new Science Labs is also planned and will bring the number on roll to 1500.
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