Administration Officer

Stradbroke High School, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5JN

36 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

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: £24,187-£26,244 actual pa

Administration Officer job summary

Part of Sapientia Education Trust

Email: k.millar@shs.set.education  

• Salary - Scale 7-11, £24,187-£26,244 actual pa inc holiday pay (£26,403-£28,142 FTE)
• Permanent
• Full Time
• 37.5 hours per week
• Term-Time + 3 weeks

RESPECT – COMMITMENT – SUCCESS

Stradbroke High School is a vibrant community with a genuine family feel, consistently recognised as one of the highest performing schools in the region. We combine academic excellence with exceptional care, creating a centre of excellence for learning and teaching where every student is supported to achieve their very best. Our students are encouraged to make a positive contribution to society, achieve beyond expectations, develop independence, resilience and confidence, and expand their horizons. At Stradbroke, every member of our community; students, staff, parents and carers, are treated with respect, courtesy and kindness, with well-being at the heart of everything we do.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with high standards and the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of our school as an Administration Officer. You’ll be the welcoming face of our school, keeping things running smoothly, from handling enquiries and supporting staff to coordinating communications and events. If you enjoy variety, thrive on being at the centre of a busy community, and bring positivity to everything you do, this is your chance to play a key role at the heart of our school.

For further information contact: Mrs Karen Millar, Executive Headteacher; - k.millar@shs.set.education  

How to apply

A job description and recruitment information sheet are available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply via our online application form.

Closing date:  30 January 2026

Interview date:  5 February 2026

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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 Stradbroke High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 339 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stradbroke High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stradbroke-high-school

Stradbroke is an excellent community school with a real family feel. As one of the highest performing schools in the region, Stradbroke combines high standards with high levels of care. We provide a wide-ranging enrichment programme and proudly fulfils SET’s vision of providing a world class education locally. We aim to be a centre of excellence for learning and teaching, where all students achieve the highest standards in their education, their personal development, their behaviour, and conduct. Our latest Ofsted inspection (Good, 2013 & 2018) recognised:
- the strong levels of continuous leadership,
- very good behaviour and attendance reflecting the school is a happy place,
- that students make good progress in lessons because teachers are knowledgeable and confident, and lessons proceed at a brisk pace.

Stradbroke High School is a member of the Sapientia Education Trust (SET).

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