School Operations Manager

Required from September 2025

Full time 37 hours per week

Term time only plus 2 weeks (41 working weeks)

Permanent

Grade F points 20-24 (£31,586-£34,314 FTE per annum)

£28,560.78 - £31,027.50 (Actual Salary per annum)

Lawn Primary School is seeking to appoint an Operations Manager to manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, organisational processes within the school. Working closely with Head Teacher and the Transform Trust central team to ensure school finance and HR processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner

Lawn Primary School is an outstanding primary school with 436 pupils. We are located in a leafy suburb of Derby with Extensive grounds and buildings.

We warmly welcome applications from motivated individuals to join our dedicated and highly effective team from September. The role includes contribution to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and management of some support staff, including delegation of relevant activities. The role will also involve supporting the Senior Management Team by enabling effective strategic decision making.

You will:

·       Have general office or similar experience, ideally in an educational setting

·       Experience of managing people

·       Be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations

·       Have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion

·       Be accurate and take pride in your work

·       Work well as part of a team

·       Be literate and numerate;

·       Have excellent communication skills with children and adults

·       In return we offer:

·       A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.

·       Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

·       Calm and purposeful learning environments

·       Friendly, polite, well-behaved children who deserve the very best

·       Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

·       A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school

·       Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.