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Assistant Business Manager

Chulmleigh College

Devon

  • £18.35 - £20.29 per hour
  • Expired
Salary:
Grade F
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
05 January 2026
Apply by:
9 December 2025

Job overview

Permanent, Part time Assistant Business Manager

37 hours per week x 39 weeks per annum

Grade F: £18.35 - £20.29 per hour – depending on experience

Required from January 2026

Chulmleigh Academy Trust is a family of academy schools, which includes Chulmleigh College, Chulmleigh Primary School, East Worlington School, and St Thomas of Canterbury CE Primary School. Our aim is to provide the highest quality education for the children and young people in our care at every stage, with exceptional teaching in a supportive, friendly, and safe environment.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised and friendly person to support the Academy Business Manager in their responsibilities relating to Finance Administration, Personnel and Marketing. The ideal candidate will have the ability to prioritise and demonstrate excellent management skills both for themselves and others to ensure an efficient and effective team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Academy Business Manager and will need to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and discretion. The successful candidate is expected to hold a recognised level 4 business qualification and be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, and the use of ICT. Comprehensive support will be provided to ensure a smooth introduction to this key role.

The role is available from January, but we are keen to appoint the best candidate and have some flexibility regarding the start date.

Main responsibilities include:
• Project Management across the range of support functions
• The preparation of business plans and full costings
• To support and participate in the development of the Academy Trust Improvement Plan.
• To create and manage formal funding bids (including grants) for submission.
This rewarding role would be perfect for an experienced business administrator seeking a new challenge in a supportive friendly environment where staff can achieve their highest potential.

Further information including main duties across all areas of responsibility is contained within the Candidate Pack available on our website.

Employment benefits include eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. In addition, employees of the Trust are entitled to receive a 50% discount on childcare fees at our out of school clubs for children of compulsory school age.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community.

Details of the application process are contained in the Candidate Pack. Completed application forms to be emailed to personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk by 10 am Tuesday 9th December 2025. All applications will be acknowledged.

As employers, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and in that regard, we have appropriate policies and procedures. All staff undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and interviews will include questions about safeguarding children.

In line with Government guidance, we may carry out online searches against shortlisted applicants’ names as part of our due diligence checks.
Closing date: 10 am, Tuesday, 9th December 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday, 17th December 2025





























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About Chulmleigh College

Chulmleigh College is a successful and ambitious rural secondary school with a strong reputation for high standards. The progress of our pupils is consistently amongst the best in the region.. In 2024 our provisional Progress 8 Figure of +0.81 places us in the top 5% of schools nationally.

The College was totally rebuilt a few years ago, with the completed buildings opening in 2017. Numbers have grown substantially in recent years, from 500 to the current roll of 750, and most year groups are oversubscribed; due to both our excellent reputation and the College’s successful transport service, which brings in approximately 25% of our pupils from outside the school catchment area.

We aim to create ambition and inspiration and want our young people to achieve all that they can in a safe, caring and well-disciplined environment. We commit ourselves to providing a learning experience which ensures high challenge, inspires, and provides both the range of qualifications and the start in life which will last forever. We aim for our young people to have the foundation and independence they need to make the progress they are capable of, building resilience for their future lives.

As a school we value courtesy, hard work and respect, and set high standards of behaviour; promoting self-discipline, resilience, responsibility and working together as a community.

We offer a broad and rich curriculum, enhanced by excellent extra-curricular activities; our outdoor education in the form of Ten Tors and Duke of Edinburgh is particularly strong. As well as having high academic achievement, we also have a proud record in sport, music, drama and art.

Our pupils read an astonishing amount of literature and develop themselves by making the most of the array of opportunities available. This is all possible because teaching and support staff create the best opportunities for our pupils. We are very proud of our team, who work hard to make our school a happy place where we learn together in a formal, warm environment. We are also proud of the excellent relationships we have with our pupils, families and friends within the community.

Chulmleigh is a Saxon hilltop market town in North Devon, near the Mid Devon border. It lies near the banks of the Little River Dart, and is surrounded by rolling hills, woods and farmland. With Exmoor and the North Devon coast to its north, and Dartmoor and the city of Exeter to its south, Chulmleigh is in a beautiful part of the county and is easily accessible from all other areas.

Further information can be found on our website or find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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