Business Support Administrator
Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3BA22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
7 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 July 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
- £26,824.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 6, SCP 8-11 £26,824 - £28,142 (Full Time Equivalent)
Business Support Administrator job summary
Thank you for your interest in joining our school community.
We are looking for a warm, professional and highly organised Business Support Administrator to become an integral part of our team. This is a rewarding role at the heart of school life, providing essential administrative, financial and organisational support that helps our pupils, staff and families thrive. Whether you are welcoming visitors to reception, supporting attendance processes, coordinating school events or helping ensure our systems run smoothly, no two days are ever the same.
At our school, relationships matter. We are proud of our inclusive and supportive culture and are seeking someone who shares our commitment to delivering exceptional customer service, building positive relationships with families and colleagues, and contributing to a welcoming environment where every child can succeed.
If you are proactive, adaptable and enjoy working in a busy environment where your contribution truly makes a difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.
About the Role
As our Business Support Administrator, you will play a key role in the day-to-day operation of the school. Under the guidance of the Headteacher and Business & Operations Partner, you will support a wide range of administrative, financial and organisational functions that help the school run effectively and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing reception and visitor enquiries.
- Supporting attendance, pupil records and school administration.
- Organising events, trips and parent communications.
- Assisting with financial administration and purchasing.
- Maintaining school systems, website content and social media.
- Providing administrative support to the Headteacher and wider school team.
What We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will:
- Be highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- Have strong communication and customer service skills.
- Be confident using IT systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Work effectively in a busy environment and manage competing priorities.
- Build positive relationships
- Share our commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and supporting every child to succeed.
We would be delighted to hear from candidates who are enthusiastic, dependable and keen to make a real difference to our school community.
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 Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 346 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School is a thriving three form entry school with a large early years nursery. We believe the time our pupils spend with us as developing learners is the most important in all their years of education. We are determined to keep innovating and building on improvements to ensure we provide the very best learning opportunities for all.
"An excellent, happy school where we enjoy learning"
Our school values are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens.
Our school vision is "to create a learning environment which encourages every individual to achieve their best in all aspects of their lives".
Our values underpin the vision statement and aims. At our school we especially value:
Collaboration: 'We work together to support and nurture everyone to achieve their aims'
Aspirations: 'We encourage each other to aim high and achieve their aspirations’
Respect: ‘We are honest, thoughtful and considerate to ourselves, others and the world around us'
Positivity: 'We adopt a 'can do' and optimistic attitude'
These values underpin everything that we do in order to achieve excellence.
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