Administrator

Hardingstone Academy, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 6DJ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 26

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 10:38am

• Date listed

  22 June 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: 28,939.37

Administrator job summary

Your career #EMATters! An exciting opportunity to join our committed and hardworking team. We are currently recruiting for an experienced school administrator to manage all tasks within our busy school office. We are an organisation that recognises and values its diverse workforce. Join us at EMAT to be part of a team that values innovation, inclusivity, and impact.

About EMAT

EMAT is an exciting, innovative, and growing organisation where we strive to do things differently, aligned with our core values and purpose: that every child deserves to be the best they can be. Our Trust was incorporated in July 2012 to establish, maintain, manage, and develop academies and free schools as world-class centres of excellence. We are a collaborative partnership that currently includes an all-through school in Northampton, a secondary school in Oundle, and five primary schools in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. By working for our Trust, you’ll be able to take advantage of a wealth of professional development and support opportunities, as well as a range of employee benefits.

These include:

· Continuous professional development and training opportunities.

· Career and leadership opportunities within our growing family of schools.

· A confidential 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme.

· Local Government Pension Scheme

· A corporate eye care plan.

· Flu jabs for all staff.

· Cycle to work scheme.

· Access to health and wellbeing benefits, including an online GP.

· Access to an employee lifestyle savings platform.

· Generous family leave.

About the School

Hardingstone is a growing academy in a village location on the outskirts of Northampton offering excellent learning and enrichment opportunities for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It is an exciting time of expansion for the school providing several excellent career opportunities. Our most recent Ofsted inspection graded the Academy as Good in September 2023 and we are committed to rapidly improving Hardingstone still further.

We currently have over 245 children on roll. The children engage fantastically in lessons and are proud of their school and their achievements. Our staff team is committed to their welfare and growth and provide a friendly welcome for new colleagues. The successful candidates will be committed to our values and encourage our hard-working, polite children to achieve and behave at the very highest levels.

General Roles and Responsibilities:

To provide effective administrative support and to assist other administration staff to complete their tasks in order to ensure the school operates efficiently and effectively.

To contribute to the smooth running of school operations through accurate, timely, and confidential administrative work.

Feel free to telephone us to discuss the role. Visits to the school would be welcome.

For more information or an informal conversation, please contact hannah.fajemiyo@central.emat.uk

A Note for Recruitment Agencies

We have a team of internal recruiters, and we advertise our vacancies to attract candidates and not agency suppliers. If we need agency assistance, then we will reach out to our trusted partners. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction.

EMAT reserves the right to withdraw this advert early if a suitable candidate is found.

EMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). References will be taken up before interviews are offered.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, or age.

EMAT encourage a “Speak Up” culture where colleagues are encouraged to raise any concerns relating to risk or wrongdoing. You will be responsible for ensuring that colleagues

are supported where necessary to raise concerns without blame or recrimination and should pro-actively raise concerns should they come to your attention.

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 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.

About Hardingstone Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 0 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 252 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hardingstone Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hardingstone-academy

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