Admin Assistant

St Ivo Academy, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RR

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,971.00 - £17,513.00 Annually (Actual)

Admin Assistant job summary

Join Our Team as an Admin Assistant - Safeguarding Focus

• St Ivo Academy, Cambridgeshire
• September start date
• 30hrs a week - Term Time & professional days - Permanent Position
• Working hours will be 9am-3pm Monday-Friday

Are you someone who thrives in a supportive, purpose-driven environment? Do you want to be part of a team that plays a vital role in keeping students safe and supported every day?

At St Ivo Academy, we’re looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Admin Assistant to join our safeguarding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is organised, compassionate, and committed to making a difference behind the scenes.

You’ll be working in a school that’s proud of its 70-year history and deeply rooted in the local community. With around 1,700 students, including a vibrant Sixth Form, we are a truly inclusive and comprehensive academy—supporting everyone from Oxbridge hopefuls to our most vulnerable learners.

What Makes St Ivo Special?

We’re unapologetically ambitious for every child. No matter their background, needs, or starting point, we believe in their potential—and we work hard to help them achieve it. As part of the Astrea Academy Trust, we’re values-driven and committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all.

What You’ll Gain:

• A supportive team and visible, approachable leadership
• Excellent CPD and career development opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region
• A beautiful working environment in the heart of Cambridgeshire
• The chance to be part of a school that truly values its staff and students

Who We’re Looking For:

• A team player with a positive, proactive attitude
• Someone who understands the importance of safeguarding and student wellbeing
• A professional who shares our belief that every child can achieve, and who is ready to go the extra mile to support that vision

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post would be subject to an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check with Barred List, satisfactory medical and employment references.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Ivo Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1493 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Ivo Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-ivo-academy

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to St Ivo Academy. We are an inclusive 11-18 academy which for the last 60 years has been privileged to serve the community of St Ives and its surrounding area.

Our vision for St Ivo Academy is:

We believe that all students, regardless of their starting point, should be guided and supported to develop the academic, social and moral understanding and behaviours to be successful and happy in their future.
As a community of students, staff and parents/carers we are respectful, polite and courteous to each other in all that we do.
The values we hold as being central to this are:

Respect
Resilience
Our ethos is, very simply:

Work hard, be kind
We believe that St Ivo Academy offers a unique mix of academic success and care for the individual. It is a great place to learn and to work. We are very proud of a school which is constantly evolving and adapting to provide the best education for the young people of St Ives.

You will find key information about the school on this site or for more regular updates use our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter accounts. You are, of course, very welcome to arrange a visit to see for yourself what St Ivo Academy has to offer.

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