Job overview

Teacher of Design & Technology

Employer: The Fernwood School

Location: Wollaton NG8 2FT

Salary: £62,148 - £65,952

Contract type: Full Time

Contract term: Permanent

Closing date: 12 noon – Monday 28 April 2025

Job commences: September 2025

Interview date: Friday 9 May

Chief Financial Officer

The Fernwood School is a thriving and dynamic secondary school committed to delivering high-quality education in a nurturing environment. We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our senior leadership team and help drive the financial success and strategic development of the school. This newly created position offers you the unique opportunity to build and develop our in-house finance team from the ground up, ensuring the school’s financial health and long-term sustainability.

The Role:

As the Chief Financial Officer, you will oversee all aspects of the school’s financial management, ensuring that our resources are utilised efficiently to support the school in delivering its improvement plan. You will provide strategic financial leadership, drive budgeting and forecasting processes, and ensure financial compliance. This is a new, exciting opportunity for a skilled financial professional to shape and develop a small finance team and make a significant impact in the educational sector.

About Us:

The Fernwood School is a Secondary school with 1,532 pupils, located in Nottingham. We are proud of our ethos of ‘High Achievement with Care and Discipline for All’. Our teaching profession is dedicated, innovative, and talented, treated with respect and afforded autonomy in the classroom. Our pupils are wonderful, well-behaved, and have high aspirations.

We hold a recent Ofsted outstanding judgement and have achieved Leading Edge Status, with a strong Progress 8 score – the highest in Nottingham City in 2024. Our staff and governors work professionally and collaboratively for the benefit of the young people we serve. The successful candidate will join a team of effective, hardworking professionals, committed to providing an outstanding education for all students.

About You:

The ideal candidate will be a qualified finance professional with extensive experience in financial management, ideally in the education sector or a similar environment. Possessing strong leadership skills, with a proven track record of developing and implementing financial strategies to ensure long-term sustainability. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage with senior stakeholders and communicate complex financial information effectively. With an understanding of funding streams, grant management, and financial efficiency measures, to shape the financial future of The Fernwood School.

Why Join Us?

A new position – help build the finance function from scratch and play a key role in the development of the school
Competitive salary and benefits package
32 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Be part of a school with a strong reputation and high standards
A supportive and collaborative work environment with a dedicated and talented team
Access to professional development and career growth opportunities
Access to 24 hours a day confidential employee assistance programme
Subsidised yoga classes
Cycle to work scheme

Diversity and Inclusion:

Fernwood School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage, or civil partnership.

If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Safeguarding:

The Fernwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check along with other relevant employment checks. In addition, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a Self-Disclosure is required for all applicants shortlisted for interview. Online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted applicants as part of due diligence checks.

How To Apply:

If you are ready to take on a new challenge and make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a school that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

The Fernwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring) Check along with other relevant employment checks. In addition, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a Self-Disclosure is required for all applicants shortlisted for interview. Online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted applicants as part of due diligence checks.

About The Fernwood School

The Fernwood School

Goodwood Road, Wollaton, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG8 2FT

United Kingdom

+44 115 9286326

The Fernwood School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-16 academy, situated in Wollaton in Nottingham. The school has been recognised by Ofsted and the Department for Education for excellent academic standards and outstanding care and discipline. It achieved Leading Edge status for excellent practice in 2004. There are 1,016 students on the school roll.

Headteacher

Mr C Gell

Values and vision

The Fernwood School aims to provide an excellent education in a safe, well-disciplined, caring environment. It believes in educating the whole child, and a wealth of opportunities are available for students to extend their learning beyond the classroom. Teachers also believe each child is unique and precious.

The school has very high expectations of all. Hard work, self-discipline, courtesy and respect are all key values. At the heart of the ethos are equality of opportunity, shared understanding, respect and tolerance for each other’s differences and needs.

The Fernwood School became a Specialist Technology College in 2005 and a Specialist School in Mathematics and Science in 2010. It is also a recognised centre of excellence for Languages, Expressive Arts and Sport.

Ofsted report

“This is an outstanding school in all aspects. It is successful in living up to its motto of ‘high achievement with care and discipline for all’. Much of this success is because the excellent leadership of the school at all levels supports high quality teaching. Teachers interest, motivate and engage students extremely well in learning. They have high expectations of what each student can achieve. Consequently, students make exceptional progress.”

View The Fernwood School’s latest Ofsted report

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