Finance Officer - Full-time

Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-5422-223S
• Posted:18/06/2026
• Pay:OPGS Scale 7 Point 24-28
• Start Date:1st September 2026
• App Close Date:25/06/2026 at 12:00
• Interviews:30th June 2026

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Finance Officer

37 hours per week

Term Time plus Inset Days Only (39 weeks plus 5 extra days to be agreed)
OPGS Scale 7, Point 24–28 £27,851 - £29,716 FTE (£25,010 - £26,685 pro rata)

Join Our Team

OPGS is a successful and oversubscribed grammar school with a strong reputation for academic excellence, student well-being and staff development. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and our commitment to ensuring every student achieves their full potential.

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, accurate and professional Finance Officer to join our friendly and dedicated support staff team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong financial and administrative skills to play a key role in supporting the financial management of our successful and thriving school. Working as part of a collaborative Finance Team, you will help ensure the efficient operation of the school's financial systems and contribute to maintaining high standards of financial governance and accountability.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of financial administration duties, including processing orders and invoices, managing income and payments, administering bank and trust fund accounts, supporting reconciliation processes and overseeing the Sixth Form Bursary scheme.

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Has experience of working within a finance environment.
• Is qualified to at least A Level standard or equivalent
• Has excellent numerical, organisational and communication skills.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Is able to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Can maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Has good IT skills, particularly in Access, Wisepay, Pebble and Excel
• Is committed to supporting the values and ethos of the school.

Experience of working within a school finance environment would be advantageous, although not essential.

How to Apply

Please see our website www.opgs.org for more information and an application form. Completed application forms should be sent to jnichol@opgs.org for the attention of the Finance Director by the closing date of midday on Thursday 25^th June 2026.

Applications will only be accepted on the school application form: CVs and other forms are not accepted.

Information about the school

Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of currently 1095 students. We have a co-educational Sixth Form of 311 students. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.

We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). This gives the site a unique feel with over four thousand students.

Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.

Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production. We also have other extra-curricular activities such as robotics, debating and chess.

Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.

We were graded Good overall by Ofsted but did achieve Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision.

We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs J Nichol
• Address:Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
• Telephone: (01622) 726683
• Email: jnichol@opgs.org

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