School Business Manager

Location Bradley Primary School, Dover Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7RF
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Summary Grade 9 Term Time PLUS 5 INSET days. Working Hours 8am to 4.30pm Mon-Fri (1 hour lunch)

Bradley Primary School are seeking an organised, proactive and highly motivated School Business Manager to join our school office team. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational, financial and communication skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload across Finance, HR, administration. premises, health and safety and compliance. Working closely with the headteacher, office staff, governors and Lancashire County Council, you will provide professional support to ensure the school's resources and business functions are managed efficiently and effectively.

We are looking for someone who is approachable, flexible and committed to supporting the school in providing the best possible outcomes to pupils.

Bradley is a large, 2 form entry school, overlooking Pendle Hill situated in Nelson. Visitors and stakeholders comment on the positive and welcoming ethos. The school serves the community of Bradley and has a GOOD Ofsted rating.

Ideal applicants would need to be positive, flexible, easily adaptable to change, a good team player and have a good sense of humour.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

• SBM qualification or equivalent or willingness to complete
• GCSE Maths and English Language

• Evidence of recent CPD

• Finance
• SIMS
• HR/Oracle
• Health & Safety
• Single Central Record
• Compliance

• Managing staff including appraisal

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice.

You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at  or alternatively a copy is available on request.

Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.