Director of Finance and Operations
Crosfields School
Wokingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Crosfields Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January or Easter 2025
- Apply by:
- 23 August 2024
Job overview
Crosfields is a thriving co-educational day school for girls and boys aged 3-16. The School blends tradition with modern approaches to education, preparing children for both their next steps and the demands of an ever-changing world. With approximately 800 pupils, Crosfields boasts a vibrant and diverse community where each child and their individuality are celebrated.
Wellbeing is at the heart of the school, with a real focus on the growth and development of pupils and staff alike. Co-education is strong, and the talented staff engage fully with pupils outside the classroom in a whole range of activities.
Set on 40 acres, Crosfields has excellent sporting facilities including multi-sport artificial turf pitches, playing fields, a sports hall and swimming pool. The school offers a wide choice of music and drama opportunities including choirs, orchestras and peripatetic music lessons.
This is a school with great ambition and a sense of achievement within a forward-thinking environment.
The governing board is looking to appoint a new Director of Finance & Operations who will work alongside the Head and Governors to develop and deliver long-term strategic planning as well as managing all commercial and administrative matters.
The successful candidate will possess excellent financial qualifications and will have led and managed a wide breadth of operational functions. They will need to have high level communication skills with the ability to listen to others in order to underpin dynamic and collaborative relationship building with Governors, the Head, staff and parents.
Applications are encouraged from candidates with educational, business or public sector backgrounds who can display proven commercial acumen and a genuine passion for education.
Application Process
Crosfields School is being assisted in the recruitment of this key position by the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) Recruitment Team, from whom an application pack can be obtained by sending an email to recruiting@theisba.org.uk
Alternatively, if you would like to speak with ISBA, please contact Lucy Wyatt on 07817 038009
Crosfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. For further information, please see here Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 .
As a result of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, employers now have to verify that new recruits who are not British nationals are eligible to work in this country. Therefore, any applicant who is offered an interview will asked to provide official documentation to verify their ID, address and right to work in the UK. It is also normal practice for the School to ask for original qualifications and professional membership documents to be presented at interview as detailed on the application form.
Crosfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, online checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information on our recruitment processes can be found on our website: Crosfields School Recruitment Policy.
Attached documents
About Crosfields School
Crosfields School is a co-educational, independent day school for pupils aged 3 to 16. Located near Reading, Berkshire, it accommodates approximately 625 pupils.
Founded in 1957, the school is now run as a charitable trust under a single governing body. In 2021 the school created two distinct areas, the Junior School which encompasses all year groups from Nursery to Year 6, and the Senior School for Years 7 to 11. New for the 2021/22 academic year is a brand new Senior School building which provides an excellent setting for older students as the school extends to 16 and it will enjoy its first cohort of GCSE students in 2023.
Head
Caroline Townshend
Vision and values
First and foremost, the school aims to create an environment where every child is safe, happy and supported. It strives to offer a curriculum that is varied enough to allow every unique individual to discover their talents. Teachers encourage children to put in the effort and be resilient. They hope to give pupils the ability to be independent thinkers who challenge and enquire.
Numeracy and ICT skills are especially good at this school, along with reading. Creative subjects such as design and technology and art are another focus. The curriculum as a whole gives pupils experience in linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological and social areas, as well as physical education. Extra-curricular activities range from golf and fencing to Forest School and chess. School trips are also organised to broaden pupils’ horizons.
ISI report
“Pupils throughout the school develop very good skills across different subjects and the school prepares them very well indeed for the next stage of their education. The curriculum, together with an excellent range of extra-curricular activities, trips and visits, supports pupils’ learning extremely well.”
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