HR and Finance Manager - The Grange School
Location: Aylesbury
Start date: July/August 2026
Salary: Range 8 FTE £47,837 to £52,869 depending on experience.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Closing date: Friday 5 June 2026
About us
Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills – an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident, and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.
We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy.
We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.
The Grange School is seeking a skilled and experienced professional to take on a pivotal leadership role at the heart of our school’s operations.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape both the HR and Finance functions within a large, dynamic secondary school, working closely with senior leaders to support strategic decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
Please see attached Job description for further information.
About you
You will have responsibility for the full HR lifecycle, payroll liaison, and safeguarding compliance, alongside oversight of financial management, including budgeting, reporting, and robust control processes. Leading a small team, you will play a key role in ensuring high-quality systems, accurate data and efficient business operations that directly support teaching and learning.
We are looking for a confident, proactive individual, with strong experience in HR and Finance, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment. Experience within a school is essential.
Please see attached Person specification for further information.
Other information
Visits to the school are welcomed. Further details are available from the school website.
Applications will be considered upon receipt, and interviews can take place at any time. The school reserves the right to close this post at an earlier date should a successful appointment be made
The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview.
We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
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