Business Support Apprentice
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8RAThis job expired on 10 November 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 2 Years
Hourly rate
- 7.55 in the first year
What skills and experience we're looking for
Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
•Provide general clerical and administrative support including word processing, minute taking, filing, distributing mail.
•Undertake reception duties including answering the telephone and responding to routine queries
•Undertake reprographic duties
•Routine financial administration, including processing school orders, invoices, petty cash, postage, payment runs and banking
•To provide support to colleagues to ensure best value achieved in the procurement of goods and services.
•Maintaining and updating manual and computerised records including, for example, records of free school meals, school trips, registers, examinations etc including related financial administration.
•To be responsible for processing payments for trips etc through Unofficial School Funds and ensuring accurate records are maintained.
•General welfare support, where required, including liaison with staff and parents.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking for a Business Support Apprentice to join our business and administration team contributing to the successful running of the school office.
The successful candidate will be working within a busy office undertaking a varied range of duties. This is a two-year apprentice post achieving Business Administration level 3. The 1st year will be at the apprentice rate of £7.55 per hour, the second year will vary depending on the age of the successful candidate. Continuation after the apprenticeship is not guaranteed and will depend on available budget and operational needs at the time.
More details of the qualification can be found at https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/business-administrator-v1-0
The qualification delivery partner is through Lancashire County Council arrangements and is work based within the school setting via online learning, tutor and mentor support.
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.
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About Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 837 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High School website
- Email address
- j.childs@archbishoptemple.com
- Phone number
- 01772 779078
At Archbishop Temple Church of England High School, we believe that every child has the right to thrive in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. We are a high-achieving, non-selective secondary school based in Preston, Lancashire, which supports 900 pupils aged 11–16. Our ethos is underpinned in Matthew’s Gospel 5:14-16 and in the Christian values of the Church of England and the vision of the Blackburn Diocese. We are proud to be a diverse community where difference is welcomed and celebrated.
We offer a traditional academic curriculum enriched by outstanding provision in sport, music, technology, and the creative arts. Our school community reflects a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, and we are committed to ensuring every pupil—whatever their starting point—receives the support they need to succeed.
As an expanding school, it is important to us that no child is ever overlooked. Every pupil is known by name, and every teacher teaches every pupil. We invest significantly in pastoral care, employing a full-time chaplain and a large, experienced team dedicated to nurturing the whole child. Our children with additional needs—especially those with SEND or SEMH challenges—are among our greatest success stories.
Arranging a visit to Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.childs@archbishoptemple.com.
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