Business Admin Apprenticeship
Grove Academy, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2SR14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
14 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £7.55p/h increasing to National Minimum Wage after 12 months
Additional allowances
£7.55p/h increasing to National Minimum Wage after 12 months
Business Admin Apprenticeship job summary
About the employer:
We are an Academy that values the diversity of our rich community and expects the highest of standards for our students and staff body. The unwavering ambition we hold is for students to flourish during their time of study with us, access an exciting and enriched experience, develop a resilience to learning and achieve their full potential.
Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in the recent inspection, describing the provision as inclusive and aspirational. High quality teaching with a comprehensive careers programme support students to thrive at CLF Post 16; the provision’s ethos of “Care, Believe, Achieve” is fully realised.
Key Details
- Salary: £7.55p/h increasing to National Minimum Wage after 12 months
- Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8am - 16:00pm & Friday 8am - 15:30pm (37 hours per week, term time only)
- Location: Ladbrooke Road, Chalvey, SL1 2SR
- Apprenticeship Details - 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Business Administration Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).
- Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)
Apprenticeship Overview:
We are looking for an Administrative Apprentice to join our supportive and talented team at the SEBMAT Trust. We are a diverse multi-academy trust, looking for professional and ambitious person, with a passion for transforming our students’ learning. You will be expected to undertake administrative tasks such as reception duties, electronic logging, dealing with incoming and outgoing mail and ordering stationery as well as some targeted admin support for specific areas such as admissions, parental communication, work experience and placements, social media and marketing etc.
- Form positive and professional relationships with students. Communicate effectively and act with empathy, compassion and respond sensitively to welfare and first aid related issues.
- Maintain effective working relationships with your line manager and team members to ensure an efficient administrative provision in the Academy.
- When in student reception has a specific responsibility for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the Academy. Monitor those entering and leaving the site ensuring they are authorised to do so. Inform all visitors of the Academy’s safeguarding measures and ensure their presence is documented in accordance with safeguarding procedures.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with parents, students, the general public and external bodies in person, writing, electronically and by telephone.
- Undertake routine administrative tasks, including generating letters, preparing reports, attendance recording, taking meeting notes, data entry, mail merges, printing, photocopying and filing as required.
- Assist with the organisation and administration of key academy activities such as trips, transition activities, school photographs, visits by external professionals, free school meals, parent evenings, work experience etc.
- Accurately take information and/or queries and identify the relevant staff member to forward onto for resolution.
- Deal with a wide range of enquiries and prioritise and direct people in a friendly and professional manner.
- Responsible for checking deadlines for own work and re-prioritising workload accordingly
Desired skills & Personal qualities:
- Demonstrating strong communication skills
- Adopting a proactive approach to developing skills
- Ability to manage priorities independently
- Problem solving skills
- Decision-making and the potential for people management responsibilities through mentoring or coaching others
Qualifications Requirements:
- GCSE or equivalent (Functional Skills) English (Grade 4) - essential
- GCSE or equivalent (Functional Skills) Maths (Grade 4) - essential
Next steps & Pre-employment checks:
If you meet the eligibility criteria, the LMP Education Recruitment team will contact you to discuss your application further.
Please note: A successful offer of employment will require DBS checks and references as part of your enrolment.
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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 Grove Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1090 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Grove Academy website
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