Business Manager

Summary

To provide the overall Business Management and Financial direction for the school, as a member of the School Leadership Team and in support of the Senior Management Team, Board of Governors and United Learning Group Executive. Permanent/Part-time: (0.87FTE) Term Time (36 weeks) plus 3 weeks, plus holiday entitlement. Start Date: 1st May 2026 (Flexibility beyond May 2026 would be considered) Interview: Week Commencing 23rd March 2026

Detail

St Ives School is an exceptional prep school for boys and girls aged 2-11, set in 8 acres of beautiful parkland just a short drive from Haslemere High Street.

At St Ives, we believe education should be relevant, interesting, stimulating, engaging, and above all, fun! Learning can take place anywhere, in and out of the classroom, so we seize every opportunity to develop the children's love of learning. We have specialist subject teachers and small class sizes to ensure that our pupils can thrive in lessons. Our aim is for every child to leave St Ives at the end of the day feeling that today really was the best day ever.

As Business Manager at St Ives your main responsibilities will be:

• To work closely with the Head and Deputy Head Teacher to run the school as efficiently as possible to support the delivery of excellent academic results
• To manage the non-teaching operation of the school to include Finance, HR, IT, Health & Safety, Compliance, GDPR and Operations
• To work with United Learning Head Office on all group related matters
• To ensure all areas of work are compliant with United Learning policy and ISI regulations.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details. For an application to be considered the Support Staff Application (Parts 1& 2) must be completed in full and submitted to Kay.Goldsworthy@stiveshaslemere.com

Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.

For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email Kay.Goldsworthy@stiveshaslemere.com

St Ives School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and online/social media searches.

Documents

• Support Staff Standard Application - Part 1 DOCX Document
• Child Protection Statement DOCX Document
• Support Staff Standard Application - Part 2 DOCX Document
• Business Manager JD and PS PDF Document