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Interviews scheduled for the week commencing 14 July 2025
Date posted:
Wednesday 25 June 2025
PO4 35-38 (Outer London)
Contract type:
Full Time – 36 hours/week.
Contract term:
Permanent
“Staff are proud of the work they do. Building on the long-standing traditions of the school, staff support the development of ‘courteous, respectful and calm’ young men, reflecting the school’s well-established values.”
[Ofsted Report]
Our School
Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where all staff can develop. Our staff are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) remain ambitious and highly successful.We are proud of our long history and have a commitment to excellence and are a high-performing school.
Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower all our staff and encourage everyone to work collegially to achieve the best outcomes possible. Our school is systematically organised and processes are tightly managed in all areas to allow staff to meet their potential and in order to create excellent learning and working environments.Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values. We expect all staff to contribute to this ethos.
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented and motivatedFinanceDirector to join our well-established Single Academy Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly capable person to manage the schools’ finances, supporting the school to deliver high-quality education through strong financial integrity. This is a full-time permanent post, that has arisen due to promotion of the current post-holder.We currently work with School Business Services who will support the work you will do.
We are seeking ideally a professional withrelated qualifications(e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) orexperience in an education finance leadership role, to lead at a strategic and operational level. We welcome dialogue and applications from individuals who may be working towards the person specification/job description.You will be a key member of our school, bringing both technical expertise and the personal integrity and drive that enables you to work effectively. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and open culture, in which all staff can develop and thrive. You will be accountable to the Co-Headteachers.
We are looking for:
* Relevant and successful experience
* An ability to build excellent working relationships
* Superb financial and administrative skills
* A hard-working, self-motivated, proactive, organised and reliable individual
* See the Job Description for further information.
Our Location
We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport.
Visit Us
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
You are very welcome to arrange to visit us and to experience why we are such a successful school and a fantastic place to develop your career.
Please see here for the wide-ranging benefits offered by our school.
Further recruitment details, including a School Information Pack, a role information document and an application form are on our website www.isleworthsyon.org under ‘Staff Recruitment’. Please ensure that all sections of the form are completed.
Isleworth & Syon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and other pre- and post-employment checks, including, where appropriate police check from other countries. In addition, if shortlisted, we will undertake online searches to ensure the suitability of applicants who aspire to work in our school. Our Data Protection Policy and our Privacy Notice for applicants, can also be found on the website.
More about Isleworth & Syon School
Phase: Secondary with Sixth Form Telephone: +44 20 8568 5791
Funding status: State – Academy http://www.isleworthsyon.org
* Gender: Boys and mixed Sixth Form email:school@islewothsyon.org
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Finance and Sales
* Industries
Primary and Secondary Education
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