School Finance Director
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Kent
- £50,239 - £58,491 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Oakwood Scheme
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 2nd June 2025
- Apply by:
- 4 April 2025
Job overview
‘Aspirational for its pupils.’ Ofsted, 2024
Are you a strategic and experienced finance professional looking for a key leadership role in education? Oakwood Park Grammar School is seeking a Finance Director to oversee and lead the financial management of our school, ensuring financial sustainability and supporting the school’s continued growth and success.
About the Role
As Finance Director, you will be responsible for:
- Leading on all aspects of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and best practices in the education sector.
- Providing strategic financial guidance to the Headteacher and Governing Body.
- Managing payroll, procurement, and financial controls to ensure efficiency and value for money.
- Identifying and securing additional funding opportunities, including grants and income generation.
- Overseeing risk management and financial sustainability planning.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Is a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) or has equivalent senior finance experience.
- Has strong leadership and strategic financial management skills.
- Has experience working in education, public sector, or a similarly regulated environment (desirable but not essential).
- Is proactive, detail-oriented, and confident in managing budgets and financial strategy.
- Can work effectively as part of the extended senior leadership team, contributing to the school’s overall success.
Why Join Us?
- A key leadership role with real impact on the school’s future.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for professional development.
- The chance to contribute to an outstanding educational experience for our students.
If you are an ambitious and experienced finance professional looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you!
How to Apply:
For further details and an application pack, please visit our website www.opgs.org
We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a suitable candidate is appointed.
OPGS is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Applications will only be accepted on the school application form; CVs and other forms are not acceptable.
Closing Date: 4th April 2025
OPGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for the successful candidate.
About Oakwood Park Grammar School
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
Headteacher
Mrs Sarah Craig
Values and vision
At OPGS, we hold firm on our responsibility to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, an exceptional standard of teaching and learning and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. We have high standards of behaviour and our pupils are ‘polite and courteous,’ contributing significantly to our consistently positive learning environment.
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