Compliance Manager | Incredible Primary School | Oxford

We require an exceptionally methodical detail-oriented and highly organized Compliance Manager to oversee and enforce the comprehensive statutory regulatory and health and safety framework of our vibrant primary school. Operating across a thriving campus catering to early years and primary-aged children the successful candidate will hold sole operational responsibility for auditing recording and managing all school policies statutory checks risk assessments and estate compliance ensuring a rigorously safe legal and protective environment where young children can learn and thrive.

Our primary school is dedicated to cultivating an ambitious nurturing and high-achieving learning environment where every childs educational journey is built upon a foundation of absolute safety and care. As a forward-thinking school with an excellent local reputation we hold our operational integrity to the highest standards recognizing that flawless regulatory compliance underpins outstanding learning. The administrative and estate compliance department is characterized by a culture of meticulous record-keeping professional vigilance and a collaborative service-driven approach. We operate with a clear well-structured governance framework allowing our compliance manager to work alongside school leaders to maintain an exemplary fully auditable environment for our pupils staff and families.

• Statutory Compliance Matrix Management: Maintain monitor and continuously update the schools central compliance database ensuring 100% adherence to all statutory guidelines including the Department for Education (DfE) regulations and Independent School Standards where applicable.

• Rigorous Health & Safety Auditing: Oversee and document all routine site testing and safety checks including fire safety systems legionella water testing asbestos registers COSHH logs and electrical or gas safety certificates.

• Safeguarding & Single Central Record (SCR) Quality Assurance: Partner with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and human resources to audit the Single Central Record (SCR) verifying that all strict background checks DBS clearances and vetting procedures for staff volunteers and contractors are flawlessly recorded.

• Policy Review & Risk Assessment Governance: Coordinate the scheduled review of all school operational policies while evaluating standardizing and cataloguing comprehensive risk assessments across the entire physical environmentincluding classrooms specialized Early Years outdoor learning zones and off-site educational visits.

• Contractor Vetting & Governance Liaison: Ensure that all external service partners and contractors are strictly vetted before entering the campus while preparing comprehensive compliance reports for the Headteacher Board of Governors and external inspectorial bodies (such as Ofsted).

• Qualifications: A proven track record in regulatory compliance health and safety management or strict administrative auditing ideally within a primary school secondary academy or high-footfall public sector environment. Professional qualifications in health and safety (such as IOSH NEBOSH or a recognized compliance diploma) are highly desirable.

• Analytical & Audit Capability: Exceptional technical capability in using compliance tracking software managing complex data matrices and translating complex statutory terminology into practical actionable school procedures.

• Methodical & Proactive Ethos: Outstanding organizational skills with an uncompromising eye for detail coupled with the clear communication and interpersonal skills required to enforce rigorous standards and collaborate effectively with school staff and external stakeholders.

• A Global Citadel of Scholarship Heritage and Rigorous Standards: Based in the beautiful world-renowned city of Oxford the school capitalizes on an extraordinary regional identity steeped in centuries of world-class academic history. As a global center for research publishing and educational excellence driven by the University of Oxford the city sets a benchmark for intellectual rigor and administrative precision. This inspiring cultural backdrop connects the daily governance of our school campus directly to a local culture of high professional standards analytical depth and institutional excellence across Oxfordshire.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from excellent transport infrastructure offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic A40 A34 and the nearby M40 motorway corridor. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the city via comprehensive local bus networks (including the Oxford SmartZone routes) while Oxford railway station serves as a major national hub providing high-frequency Great Western Railway and Chiltern Railways services that connect the school effortlessly to Didcot Parkway Reading Worcester and London Paddington or Marylebone.

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