School Business Manager - Anyone

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Wonder if anyone has this role within the state primary sector? Currently working in a large corporate and local school has a vacancy. The reduced hours and term time working really appeal but what's the reality and is the pay likely to be very poor??
Any insight much appreciated

Hi, not sure I can help much but I have just been made redundant from a corporate role (salary aprox 55k pro rata, I worked 25 hours so about £35k). I have looked at bursar roles, but for a primary school bursar role, the scale I think is about £26k-£30k FTE, so pro rata over 25 hours is just under £19k for the highest band (and I suspect you'd start at the lowest end of the scale). That's the salary band in Surrey. I think secondary schools pay better, possibly £35k-£40k but they are mainly full-time, although it seems that term-time only does exist if you can find it.

I looked into it, but I will have two in childcare and financially it was just not feasible. If you have school aged children and the drop in salary would not bother you then I agree, it would be an ideal role to combine with children, but compared to a large corporate, I think you'll have to take quite a cut (it depends what qualifications you have obviously).