School Business Leader

Applefields School; Ripon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Ripon Grammar School in Ripon, North Yorkshire, invites applications for a School Business Leader. You will join the Senior Leadership Team and oversee the school’s financial, commercial and administrative services to support high-quality education for about 960 students, including boarders.

The post offers a substantive leadership role with strategic responsibility, aiming to improve efficiency and safeguard pupils, with a December 2026 start and a published salary range of £60,161–£69,242 per

Qualifications

• Excellent financial and commercial capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Active member of Senior Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high quality and efficient business support service to the School.
• Contribute as a member of the Senior Leadership Team to the school’s development.
• Lead the financial and commercial strategies to support school improvement.

Skills

Financial management

Commercial capabilities

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Job description

Location: Ripon Grammar School, 16 Clotherholme Rd, Ripon HG4 2DG

SCHOOL BUSINESS LEADER AT RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

To start in December 2026

Salary is NYC Grade SM1 [points 45 - 49] currently £60,161 - £69,242pa Applications are invited for the post of School Business Leader, Ripon Grammar School. We look forward to appointing an enthusiastic, committed and innovative individual to share in the development of the school over the next few years. The successful applicant for this post will be an active member of the RGS Senior Leadership Team who will deliver a high quality and efficient business support service to the School.

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school achieving academic results that place it among the leading schools in the North of England. With 960 students currently on roll, including 68 boarders and a Sixth Form of over 300, this post presents a rare opportunity for someone with drive and vision, who has a proven track record of excellent financial and commercial capabilities, excellent interpersonal skills and the flexibility and creativity to adapt to evolving situations.

The school takes pride in serving the small cathedral city of Ripon and the surrounding rural communities as well as the wider population of North Yorkshire through its boarding facilities. As an academically selective school, our aim and commitment is to enable all students to realise their intellectual and personal potential and to ensure they progress with success and confidence to the next phase of their lives.

The closing date for applications is 10am on Friday, 9 October 2026

Interviews to be held on Tuesday, 20 October 2026

If you have not heard from the school following the closing date then please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Ripon Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references will be required on the successful applicant before appointment to this post is confirmed.