School Business Manager - Chiltern Wood School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Salary: Range 9 – Range 10 DOE (£52,312-£66,333- FTE) (£48,389-£61,358- Actual)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year (39 weeks + 3 weeks)
Location: Chiltern Wood School – Multi Site (Cressex , Downley, Studley Green)
Responsible to: Headteacher & Governors
Responsible for: HR, Finance, Admin and Facilities Staff
Closing date: 8th January 2026
Interviews: 13th January 2026
About us
Chiltern Wood School is a Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years. We are based across three sites in the High Wycombe area.
Website: https://www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk/
About the role
We are actively recruiting a School Business Manager (SBM) to join our team.
The SBM is responsible for managing the strategy and operation of the business functions of our school, including financial management, health and safety, human resources, compliance and administration.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The successful candidate will advise on and implement the day-to-day resources that enables the school to operate effectively and efficiently, and that allows other members of the leadership team to focus on teaching and learning.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a leadership and/or management position, preferably within a school or educational setting. In addition, would have knowledge of both financial, including recovery planning and HR management to support the school.
This role will work collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team as well as the Governing Body and will therefore have strong communication and interpersonal skills, to ensure that they are able to work effectively with all key stakeholders.
For further information please see attached Person specification.
Other information
For more information in respect of the job role, please refer to the School’s website for a full job description and application form.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
For full details and details of how to apply via My New Term please visit www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk
We strongly encourage a visit to the school and this can be arranged by contacting Amy Joseph – HR Manager at [email protected].
Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory, Enhanced DBS, qualifications and reference checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
