Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancashire
£61,943 - £71,953 per year
Salary:
LPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 June 2026
Apply by:
30 September 2025
Job overview
Following the retirement of the current post holder, we have a rare opportunity to lead our Support Services at Lancaster Royal Grammar School as Director of Finance & Support Services. We seeks an excellent candidate with substantial experience in financial management who will have a significant role to play in the strategic leadership and direction of the school.
The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for all support functions in the school and for the school's associated charities, managing key support staff, a large financial budget and monitoring and reporting to Trustees.
We are looking for someone who will promote innovation and improvement in all areas of our support services. The successful candidate will;
* Be a qualified accountant and a current member of CIMA or any CCAB institute
* Be an excellent role model with the ability to inspire and motivate staff
* Be forward-thinking and energetic with the ability to drive change sensitively
* Have experience of working as part of a senior leadership team
* Have significant experience in managing and using financial accounting software, preferably sage 200
This is a full time role working term time only plus 3 additional weeks.
The salary for this role will be paid on the Leadership scale, points currently £67,898 - £76,772 per annum pro rata'd to take into account the term time working arrangements.
Applications should be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday 30th September 2025. Shortlisting will take place shortly after this date and all candidates will be contacted. It is anticipated that interviews will be held in early November.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
For any queries please contact Kate Roberts, HR Manager at
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The post holder will be required to take care to safeguard their own safety and that of others with whom they work and to co-operate with those designated with responsibility for health and safety.
About Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
East Road, Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 3EF
United Kingdom
Lancaster Royal Grammar School is one of the oldest state schools in the country. It was founded in the thirteenth century and endowed by John Gardyner in 1472. Originally situated close to Lancaster Castle, the school moved to its present site in 1851.
Most pupils join in Year 7 having passed the 11+, and a substantial number of students also join the Sixth Form after taking GCSEs elsewhere. Smaller numbers join other year groups as boarders from the UK and overseas. From the outset the Free School of Lancaster educated boarding as well as day pupils, and of our current 1260 pupils about 140 are boarders. For these students, their education remains free, and parents only pay for the boarding element.
It is an exciting time for our growing school. We welcomed our first Sixth Form girls in 2019, and more than 200 girls have now joined the school as day students or boarders.
Our students are energetic and ambitious, and it is definitely "cool to succeed" at LRGS Their academic record is excellent. LRGS consistently features as one of the top state schools in the country in terms of examination success. Those results include 48* A*/A grades at A-level in 2022, and 40% 9/8 grades at GCSE in 2023 (Progress 8 score Over 90% of students go on to further education – typically 30-40 students will apply to Oxford and Cambridge each year. An average of 12 students per year gain Oxbridge places (10 in 2023), and most students proceed to Russell Group universities. Others go on to a range of competitive opportunities which have in recent years included a growing number of degree apprenticeships plus RADA, the Dyson Institute, Glasgow School of Art and US sports scholarships amongst others.
Our most recent Boarding Ofsted inspection found us Outstanding in all areas. Inspectors commented: ""The boarding experience at this school has a profound positive impact on the lives of children. Boarders make exceptional progress because of the commitment of the staff team and their experiences of staying at the school."
We value and promote diversity amongst both pupils and staff. We are a caring school which offers strong and effective pastoral support to individuals. We are forward-looking and leaders in the area of student support and well-being.
A profusion of extra-curricular activities provides an exceptional range of social, cultural and sporting opportunities, including a full programme of Saturday games fixtures and thriving CCF and DofE provision. A dynamic programme of overseas trips has recently included rugby and cricket tours to South Africa and the UAE, music tours to Italy and Spain, and a range of other expeditions from Iceland to Costa Rica.
We have made substantial investment into our estate and teaching facilities in recent years. This includes a Priority Schools Building project which has provided two new science laboratories and transformed Victorian boarding accommodation in Old School House into new classrooms and Sixth Form study and social spaces. We are now preparing for exciting new site investment over the next four years as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
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