Job Description

Whitmore High School

Harrow
65,544 - 72,693 per year

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

29 September 2025

Job overview

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School Business Manager Whitmore High School

MG2 (65,544 - 72,693) Full-Time

Whitmore High School is an outstanding, inclusive aged 11-18 co-educational community school in Harrow, West London. We are looking for a School Business Manager who will share our vision of excellence, our commitment to collaboration, and our focus on inclusion and meeting the needs of every student.


Whitmore High School prides itself upon enabling every student to succeed. Our students make outstanding progress and achieve exceptionally well, within a respectful environment that celebrates diversity. We use the expertise of our 214 staff and our fantastic facilities and to deliver an inspiring curriculum and to provide a broad range of opportunities for our students to become well-rounded young adults.

The school is heavily oversubscribed and enjoys strong community support. Our intake of 270 students per year group include students into our two designated SEND provisions (autism and physical disability), and we have a vibrant Sixth Form of 375 students. We were inspected by OFSTED in March 2025 and, as at our previous visit in 2015, were again judged to be 'Outstanding' in all areas.

We are looking for a School Business Manager who will have the highest standards and expectations of everyone within our school community, and will display integrity and empathy. They will be supported in their personal and professional development to contribute positively to Whitmore High School and education within Harrow. Candidates who require further development to fulfil the role's responsibilities will receive comprehensive training in key areas.

Why work for Whitmore High School?State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities with free use of the on-site gym Fantastic support from your line managers who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career Exceptional and wide-ranging CPD opportunities Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as staff yoga, on-site massage, weekly fruit, breakfast boxes, well-being garden, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc., free annual flu jab


Please visit the school website to submit your application via My New Term https://www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk/227/staff-vacancies

Please include within the application form a personal statement outlining your suitability for this role, what you would bring to Whitmore and how your skills and experience match the demands of the post. We reserve the right to interview early for this post should a suitable candidate apply.

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 29th September 2025

Whitmore High School is an equal opportunities employer. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts working in schools are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance and two written references. Our CP Policy is available on the school's website https://www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk


All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and pre-employment checks. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, this post is listed as an exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.

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Whitmore High School

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Whitmore High School

Porlock Avenue, Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 0AD
United Kingdom

+44 20 88647688

Whitmore High School is a mixed, non-denominational community comprehensive secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. It is located in the London Borough of Harrow, and is operated by the local council.



Whitmore was founded in 1974, and has about 1,600 pupils.

Headteacher

James Rebbitt

Values vision

Whitmore High School aims to provide the best possible education for all pupils by promoting a balanced and broad curriculum which allows students to take an active part in their own learning.



The school recognises the needs of individuals, placing suitable but high demands on pupils to stimulate them to achieve success. Whitmore encourages students to aim for the highest standards of work and behaviour, and aims to promote an ordered and friendly community founded on respect, courtesy and shared values.



Whitmore High School acknowledges the importance of links between home, school and the wider community, and aims to maintain a spirit of constructive self-criticism. The school provides a wide range of pastoral and extra-curricular opportunities to enrich pupils' personal development, and is a specialist science college.

Ofsted

"The headteacher provides very strong and purposeful leadership. Her commitment to making sure that all students achieve their best is shared by all of the staff. As a result, almost all students make outstanding progress in their work."



"Governors use their considerable knowledge and experience very effectively. They challenge and support the headteacher and senior leaders to make sure that teaching is of the highest standard."



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