Apprentice Receptionist/Administrator
Atlantic Academy Portland, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2NAThis job expired on 12 May 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - until end of apprenticeship
Pay scale
- based on apprenticeship rate per hour depending on age
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting opportunity for a Receptionist/Administrator. This is a chance for a hardworking and energetic School Administrator to join our highly successful team of mutually supportive colleagues whose sharedpurpose isto inspire and challenge all pupils at Atlantic Academy and want to make a difference.
During the apprenticeship you will undertake the School Administrator Level 3 qualification and will provide support to teaching and support staff by assisting in the delivery of effective, efficient and professional service to parents, visitors and callers to the Academy and provide administrative support to staff within the Academy
You will have first-hand experience of the opportunities and challenges of working in an all-through setting, and training to support your success in this role. You will also have the opportunity to work with other educational professionals in a range of roles.
Part of your working week will be dedicated to your training, an agreed training plan on an ongoing basis across the programme, much of this will be completed in the Academy with supplemental webinar and face to face learning.
Job Requirements:
Specifically, we are looking for someone who:
- Is naturally cheerful and optimistic, with evidence of the positive contribution that you can bring to our team;
- Is hardworking, dedicated, committed
- Wants to be valued, train further and help us make a difference.
- A commitment to all students receiving an outstanding education experience.
If you believe that this may sound like the school you would thrive in and are ambitious for all students, we look forward to hearing from you.
To be considered, please complete our application form and provide evidence of your apprenticeship eligibility including:
- confirmation that you have been resident in the UK, EU or EEA for the past 3 years, your ethnicity and your household status
- your GCSE certificates for Maths, English and Science (Grade 4/C or higher)
Atlantic Academy values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
The Aspirations Academies Trust (AAT) requires all prospective employees appointed to work in its academies and/or whose role will involve the undertaking of regulated activity to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate prior to taking up appointment. Applicants are required, before appointment, to disclose any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 by SI 2013 1198). Disclosure of a criminal background does not not automatically debar individuals from employment – consideration will be given to relevant factors, including the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
For further information please contact Mrs Clare Butler, HR & Operations Manager: cbutler@atlantic-aspirations.org or 01305 820262 (please leave a message)
Closing date: Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews: TBC
If you have not heard by 16th May 2025, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
What the school offers its staff
Specifically, we are looking for someone who:
- Is naturally cheerful and optimistic, with evidence of the positive contribution that you can bring to our team;
- Is hardworking, dedicated, committed
- Wants to be valued, train further and help us make a difference.
- A commitment to all students receiving an outstanding education experience.
If you believe that this may sound like the school you would thrive in and are ambitious for all students, we look forward to hearing from you.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Atlantic Academy Portland
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 778 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Atlantic Academy Portland website
- Email address
- cbutler@atlantic-aspirations.org
- Phone number
- 01305 820262
Atlantic Academy is an all-through school based in Portland, and has already made great waves in transforming the education of the students in Portland in the last 6 years, leading the way in the highest standards of education as well as disruption free learning.
Atlantic Academy was inspected by Ofsted in January 2022. The school has been graded ‘Good’ in all areas with Ofsted stating ‘Atlantic Academy sits proudly on the southernmost point of Portland. Leaders share pupils’ pride in the uniqueness of the setting. They are building strong relationships with the community and make the most of their surroundings.
From Reception to Year 11, pupils show respect for each other. The school is a calm and place, where pupils can learn without disruption’
The Academy is sponsored by the Aspirations Academies Trust and is a member of the South Coast and South West Regional cluster.
We are looking for somebody to join our amazing journey and be proud of the substantial impact they make on the outcomes and aspirations for our students.
Arranging a visit to Atlantic Academy Portland
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cbutler@atlantic-aspirations.org.
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