School Business Manager (Level 3)

Teaching Vacancies; Borough of Rossendale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandbrook Community Primary School, part of the Watergrove Trust, invites applications for the post of School Business Manager (Level 3).

The postholder will lead the strategic planning, development and delivery of the school’s support functions including financial management, HR, estates, health and safety, compliance and administration, enabling senior leaders to focus on teaching and learning while ensuring operational efficiency and financial probity.

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Thank you for your interest in the position of School Business Manager (Level 3) at Sandbrook Community Primary School, part of the Watergrove Trust family.

The postholder must:

Be responsible for the strategic planning, development, and delivery of the overarching support functions of the school. The School Business Manager leads business functions—including financial management, people (HR), estates, health and safety, compliance, and administration—enabling senior leadership to focus on teaching and learning while ensuring operational efficiency and financial probity.

What the school offers its staff

Sandbrook community is a warm, ambitious and inclusive primary school serving families in the Rochdale Borough. We are intentional about culture and about enabling our staff to flourish.

Our school principles guide all that we do:

• The Motto: “A place for everyone to grow and achieve.”
• Three Pillars: The school’s foundational principles are built upon three core values: Respect, Honesty, and Love.
• Individual Focus: Staff maintain high expectations for all children, intentionally treating each student as a unique individual to cultivate self-belief and long-term relationships.

Values and Behaviours

Our mission is to be ever “Providing more” to the communities we serve, to enable life in all its fullness. Our Trust is enabled by a mutual interdependency within which we will always:

Watergrove Trust has high expectations of its pupils and staff and we expect our employees to be aware of, and apply these values and behaviours at all times.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background checks and usual satisfactory pre-employment clearances. The Watergrove Trust values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.

Application Deadline: Monday 2 November 2026 at 11.59pm.

Interviews: Monday 9 November 2026