Job Description

The Galfrid School

Cambridgeshire

Salary:

Band 3 Professional 29,904 - 34,837

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

3 October 2025

Job overview

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'This is a small school where pupils enrich their understanding of a much wider world' - Ofsted, 2023

Parkside Community College is a small caring school situated in the very heart of Cambridge, with incredibly high expectations in all aspects of school life.





We are proud of our achievements in helping our students to thrive for excellence. Our GCSE performance in 2023 places us in the top 30 schools in England for progress. We are always looking to improve what we do. Our community helps us to remain a leading school in Cambridge and beyond. We expect all of our staff members, students, and parents to 'play their part' in making Parkside a great place to learn and to grow. We also place a great emphasis on our value of responsibility, on good citizenship and ethical decision-making in all years.





We are very proud to have again been judged 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in April 2023. The inspectors recognised that: 'teachers are happy'; we provide regular training to equip teachers with strong subject knowledge; we collaborate with them to ensure their workload is manageable; and we have established a highly inclusive ethos where all are welcomed.

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.





We embrace United Learning aim to offer a life changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could.





We share knowledge and resource within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

Job description

United Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a Finance Officer, supporting our five established schools in Cambridge. These schools are Cambridge Academy of Science and Technology, Coleridge Community College, The Galfrid Primary School, Parkside Community College and Trumpington Community College.





The successful candidate will be a part of a small team, supporting the Finance Manager, and working closely with the schools' Principals and Senior Leadership Teams as well as the Trust's Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant to provide prudent oversight and management of the schools' finances.





You will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the Finance Manager, by ensuring that proper accounting procedures are maintained across the Trust.

We will offer you:

Community spirit in each of our inclusive and welcoming schools Excellent facilities and resources Talented, supportive and professional colleagues Excellent training and development opportunities Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in our cluster of schools and Central Office Access to the enhanced Local Government Pension Scheme 26 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays Enhanced parental leave options Access to employee benefits through Westfield Rewards Free and Confidential Counselling and Support through an award-winning EAP and access to a free Wellness Hub

Please refer to the job description and Applicant Pack for further details.



The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

United Learning

We are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.





Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.





As a Group we can reward our staff with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing and have an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call 'the best in everyone'.





We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation, which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are also open to discussing flexible working options.

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About

The Galfrid School

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The Galfrid School

Galfrid Road, Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB5 8ND
United Kingdom

+44 1223 603 787

"The Galfrid School is a thriving primary school in Cambridge welcoming children aged 4 to 11.



We are delighted to have been judged a 'Good' school in our first inspection report in October 2023. Inspectors praised us for taking the school from strength to strength and recognised that: the school values its staff; staff value the personalised, high-quality training that ensures they teach a curriculum suitable for all pupils; workload and well-being are carefully considered by the school at all levels; and the school ensures that all staff have the chance to be heard.



We are proud members of United Learning, dedicated to providing an excellent education for children to grow into a fantastic, well-rounded citizens who make a positive impact on our community."

United Learning Cambridge Cluster

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.



We embrace United Learning aim to offer a life changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could.



We share knowledge and resource within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better.

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