Administration Assistant

Cranfield Church of England Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0DR

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Asap

• Closing date

  3 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Level 2A Point 3-4

Administration Assistant job summary

Job Purpose:

Under the direction of the School Business Manager, the Administration Assistant will provide effective and efficient clerical and welfare support to the school.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Reception:

• To be a friendly and professional point of contact for both telephone and face to face enquiries and take messages where appropriate
• To ensure school security arrangements are always complied with, including visitors signing in, issuing of visitor badges and the identification of enhanced DBS documentation for all visitors.
• To accept, sign and check deliveries as appropriate.
• To provide hospitality for visitors to the school.

Welfare:

• To organise or administer first aid, medicine to pupils as required, in keeping with the Academy’s policy.
• To keep the medicine record up to date, ensuring medicines are in date.
• To maintain first aid supplies as necessary.
• To liaise with parents regarding pupils’ sickness/injury.
• To assist with visits from the school nurse, dentist etc.
• To assist with the general welfare and safeguarding of pupils.

Clerical:

• Daily Registers
• Placing of orders from authorised purchase order forms
• Maintaining Purchase Order Spreadsheet
• Reconciliation of Purchase Orders
• Tesco food ordering
• Award Letters
• Uniform Ordering
• Oversight of Wrap Around Care Booking System and chasing debtors
• Filing and photocopying as required
• To update and use online methods of communication (Email, Communication Platform) as necessary.

General:

• To ensure that General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are adhered to effectively.
• To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development and training opportunities in discussion with line manager.
• To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health and safety in the workplace.
• Ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
• The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the School Business Manager to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will be required to undergo a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.

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 Cranfield Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 516 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cranfield Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cranfield-church-of-england-academy

Cranfield Church of England Academy is an engaging, stimulating and committed Christian school that places children at the heart of all of its work. Highly supported by an exceptional Senior Leadership Team, dedicated Governing Body, a team of enthusiastic and engaged staff, and inspirational children, the school radiates a passion for learning from the moment you walk in the door.

Our school offers a highly inclusive education for all children, allowing them to flourish and grow as individuals as they live life in all its fullness.

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