Community Partnerships & Commercial Revenue Lead

12-month fixed-term pilot | 3-4 days per week | Hybrid working

Join us on an exciting journey of growth and community connection!

Wood Green School has a vibrant and frowing community presence, with facilities used seven days a week by sports clubs, art organisations, charities, parents, and local groups. Alongside this, our highly active PTA plays a major role in fundraising and strengthening our connection with families.

Together, these activities generate vital income that is reinvested directly back into our students, our facilities, and our wider school community.

We are now creating a new Community Partnership & Commercial Revenue Lead role to bring greater structure, ambition, and sustainability to this work, supporting our vision of Wood Green School as a purposeful and welcoming community hub.

About the role:

This role is about shaping and growing our community and commercial offer.

You will:

-          Lead the development of a coherent, high-quality lettings and partnerships offer across seven-day site use.

-          Design and bring to market community, commercial, and partnership opportunities that generate sustainable income.

-          Work closely with our PTA to support and align fundraising activity with the school’s wider priorities.

-          Champion Wood Green School as a community hub, ensuring activities are inclusive, well-managed and reflect our values.

-          Set and uphold service standards across community use, providing direction and support to weekend community hosts within a largely self-sustaining model.

-          Protect the core business of the school by ensuring safeguarding, curriculum time, and day-to-day operations are not compromised.

-          Use insight and data to report on performance and inform future growth.

This is a 12-month pilot role, offering the opportunity to shape a function that cound become a permanent part of the school, and Trust’s future.

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking someone who is commercially astute, community-minded, and values-led.

You’ll bring:

-          Experience in developing income-generating activity, partnerships, or services

-          Confidence building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

-          The ability to balance opportunity, risk, and responsibility in a school environment

-          A proactive, practical approach to building something new

You don’t need to have worked in education before, but you do need to understand the importance of safeguarding, reputation, and protecting learning.

Why join Wood Green School?

This is a rare opportunity to:

-          Help shape a sustainable, seven-day community hub

-          Work alongside an engaged PTA and a supportive leadership team

-          See the direct impact of your work on students and the wider community

All income generated through community and commercial activity is reinvested back into the school, supporting teaching, learning, enrichment, and opportunity.

If you’re excited by the chance to build something meaningful, sustainable, and genuinely impactful, we’d love to hear from you.

If you have any questions regarding the role, or would like an informal conversation, please contact Adam Bridges via abridges@acertrust.org.uk to arrange a call. 

The closing date is 16 January 2026 at Midday

Applications are considered as they are received, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date.

Wood Green School and the Acer Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people.  The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance.  Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/last employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.  Wood Green School is an equal opportunities employer.