Administrator
Cherry Garden Primary School, Bristol, BS30 6JH7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 November 2026
Closing date
12 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
5 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- TBC
Administrator job summary
Job title: Administrator
Salary: PATH 5 £26,403 FTE. £9,510 prorated
Working pattern: 15 hours per week. Monday - Friday, 9am-1pm
Working weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time only + INSET)
Contract type: Fixed term until 25/03/2027
About the role
You will play a vital role in providing professional and efficient administrative support, acting as the first point of contact to visitors. Working under the direction of the Headteacher and Primary Operations Manager, your responsibilities will include supporting the school admissions process, data inputting and updating records.
You will provide general administrative support by producing written communications, updating spreadsheets, scanning documents and supporting the organisation of events and specific projects. The role also involves providing reception cover to meet and greet visitors while ensuring safeguarding processes are adhered to. On occasion, you may be required to assist with student supervision during break times.
About you
This role is ideal for someone who is organised, has great attention to detail, and wants to be part of a team in a busy school environment.
- Experience: You have demonstrable work experience in a general office environment, including using administrative procedures and computer systems such as Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and databases. Experience working in a school or using SIMS is desirable but not essential, as training will be provided.
- Skills: You possess great organisational skills and can prioritise and multitask to meet deadlines. You have high standards of written and verbal communication to effectively liaise with colleagues, pupils, and parents.
- Attributes: You are welcoming, personable, and able to take the initiative to work on tasks with limited direction. You are willing to learn and interested in acquiring new skills.
- Qualifications: You hold a good general standard of education, including GCSE grade 4 or above in Maths and English (or Level 2 equivalent). An NVQ in Business Administration is desirable, but not essential.
We can offer you
- Happy, engaging students who thrive on inspirational leadership
- A supportive trust and school community
- Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations
- A commitment to high‑quality CPD, with dedicated time and budget for your development
- A values‑driven ethos where diversity, equity and inclusion are lived every day
- Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and death‑in‑service cover
- Access to Health Shield, a fully funded healthcare scheme
- Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies
- Family‑friendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy work–life balance
If you think this is the role for you, we would love to hear from you. In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am, Thursday 12th November. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.
Further details and additional information about our trust may be viewed on our website.
Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.
Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child
Pathway Trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our students.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Cherry Garden Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 193 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Cherry Garden is a happy and vibrant school situated on the outskirts of Bristol on the Bath side. It is a school that has been at the heart of the community since 1980, but also draws children from a wide area, in part due to our passion for inclusion and being a school for all. Parents play a critical role in the school, and we pride ourselves on the way in which we engage parents in their children’s education, and the way in which parents give back to the school through our very successful and dynamic PTA. We have long-established links with local organisations such as a local garden centre and a residential care home.
The school prides itself on educational excellence delivered by our dedicated, enthusiastic and highly skilled staff. Our rich and engaging curriculum is further enhanced by an enrichment programme for children across Key Stage 1 and 2, as well as a wide range of after school clubs that are run by staff, coaches and members of the local community.
The outdoors is incredibly important to the whole school community, and we make full use of our extensive grounds which includes a half-acre of woodland which the children know as the Magic Forest. As well as being a brilliant natural space, you will find in here a large outdoor classroom, tree house, den, extensive pond and several rope swings. This is one of the great spaces that we utilise to bring both the curriculum and playtimes to life.
Playtimes are incredibly important to the school, as an OPAL Platinum School, our play is deemed to be in the top 2% nationally. Children play freely with a range of loose parts but also some fixed equipment such as mud kitchens and of course, The Merry Cherry – our fabulous boat that sits within the grounds.
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