At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the school’s operations, ensuring smooth support services and driving improvement.
- Company: Join an innovative provider of education for children with special needs.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, training opportunities, health cash plan, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive team dedicated to improving outcomes for students.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in a dynamic school environment while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in school management, finance, and excellent communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 53000 - 59000 £ per year.
Location: Redhill, Surrey
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Salary: Up to £59,000 dependant on experience
School Staffing Solutions are recruiting on behalf of an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. As part of their growth strategy, they recently opened a brand-new school in Redhill, Surrey in September 2025 and are looking for a School Business Manager to join the school.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Senior Leadership Team in a dynamic and growing school environment. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of support services, driving continual improvement, and delivering excellent outcomes for the students.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership: Take a proactive role in the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the effective operation of key support functions including Finance, HR, Administration, Facilities, Site Maintenance, Health & Safety, Housekeeping, and Catering.
- Budget & Resource Management: Oversee delegated budgets, resources, and financial systems to ensure financial sustainability. Manage budget preparation and financial reporting.
- Compliance & Quality Assurance: Ensure the school's operations meet all legal, regulatory, and safeguarding requirements. Maintain standards in line with current inspection frameworks.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of action plans aimed at improving service delivery, ensuring the school remains financially sound and compliant.
- Team Management: Lead and manage staff across multiple departments, driving performance through effective supervision, training, and personal development.
About You:
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant regulations and standards for education.
- Knowledge of current inspection frameworks used by regulatory and statutory bodies.
- Safeguarding and legislative procedures when working with children and young people.
- Management and knowledge of EBITDA, financial systems, processes and budget preparation.
- Excellent communication skills with a range of internal and external people, verbally and in writing.
- Knowledge and experience of recruitment, human resources and employee relations.
- Ability to form and promote positive relationships with and between young people, employees, parents and representatives of outside agencies.
- Ability to define high, appropriate and attainable standards, and achieve them.
- Effective team leadership and management.
- Ability to assess situations accurately, resolve problems effectively and take decisions.
- Previous School Business Manager experience preferred.
- A keen willingness to learn and an enthusiasm to be involved in all aspects of school life.
- A supportive, approachable, flexible and solution-focused mindset.
- Previous experience of working in a similar setting is advantageous but not a requirement. You must though be dedicated to understanding and learning about Autism and a range of special education needs.
What's on Offer:
- Training & Development: Grow with us through continuous learning opportunities.
- Employee Benefits: Save on everyday essentials with Perkbox; access to a UK Health Cash Plan and 24/7 GP services for you and your household.
- Wellbeing Support: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Referral Bonus: Refer a friend and earn up to £1,000!
How to Apply:
To apply for the School Business Manager role, please send your CV to or hit the apply button and I'll be in touch!
School Staffing Solutions are acting as an employment business for this vacancy.
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