Job Title: Operations Manager
Location: Burgess Hill, time will be split working between the school and college sites
Contract Type: Permanent, term time plus 5 inset days plus 1 week (flexible timing) during school holidays

Hours: 35 hours per week plus 30 minute lunch break, 8.00am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday

Salary: NJC Grade 8 – Actual pro rata starting salary £27395

About Us
Woodlands Meed is a thriving, inclusive school dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering a supportive, inspiring environment for students, staff, and families. We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Operations Manager to play a key role in the smooth running of our school.

The Role
The attached job description provides a comprehensive explanation of the key responsibilities of the role.

What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who is:

• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail.
• A strong communicator who can work with staff, governors, and external partners.
• Experienced in managing people, systems, and processes in a busy organisation (experience in an educational setting is desirable but not essential).
• Confident with IT systems.
• Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused.

What We Offer

• A supportive, collaborative school community.
• Professional development opportunities and training.
• A chance to make a real difference in the lives of children and families.

How to Apply
Please complete the application form and return it to recruitment@woodlandsmeed.co.uk by 10^th October 2025.

For an informal conversation about the role or to arrange a school visit, please contact office@woodlandsmeed.co.uk

Closing date: 10^th October 2025

Interview date: likely to be w/c 20/10/25

To start: December 2025

20 hrs per week, term time only, 10.00am to 2.00pm Monday to Friday.

We would also consider additional hours for the right candidate.

Pupil support assistants are required to work in the dining hall and playground over the lunch period. We also like our PSA staff to work with pupils in the classrooms before and after lunch.

Salary: NJC Grade 3 (£24796 to £25185). To be paid pro rata - £11545.

Closing date: 10/10/25

Interviews: 17/10/25
 

Woodlands Meed is a foundation special school with a wide range of learning difficulties and complex special needs, including Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.

Our pupil, are aged 2-19 and all hold EHCPs.

We are also a Specialist School for Communication and Interaction. Interested applicants need to have experience or a keen interest in meeting the needs of learners with a wide range of special needs and the ability to contribute positively to a team of class staff.

A full training programme will form part of your induction and a comprehensive INSET training package will equip you to meet the needs of our learners.

We also offer all staff access to a bespoke employee wellbeing programme.

Woodlands Meed is an inclusive employer and committed to ensuring applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview provided the minimum requirements for the role are met.  We will ensure any reasonable adjustments you may need to access the interview are in place.  We are committed to the Government Disability Confident scheme.

35 hours per week plus an unpaid lunch break

Monday to Friday 8.45am to 4.00pm (5.00pm on Tuesdays)

Term time only plus 5 inset days per year

Salary: £20,847-£21,858 actual pro-rata pa based on experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Term Time only
Location: Woodlands Meed School 
Closing Date:

Interviews: 24/10/25

To be successful in this role you will need to evidence a desire to work with and improve outcomes for our young people, be open to development opportunities and flexible in a fast moving working environment.