Business Support Officer : Attendance & Admissions
Eden Boys' School, Preston, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 4BD9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 July 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 Thursday 07:30am - 15:30pm and Friday 07:30am - 15:00pm (including a 30 minute unpaid lunch break)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,584.00 to £27,269.00 per annum (pro rata £23,698.43 to £25,259.24 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
- 5 A*- Cs at GCSE including English and Maths.
- Experience of working in an administrative setting.
- Experience of Attendance Administration.
- The ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Explorer and databases
- The ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.
What the school offers its staff
About Eden Boys' School, Preston
Eden Boys’ School, Preston is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for 11 to 18 year old boys, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in 2015 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. Our Ofsted grading remains ‘Outstanding’ following our most recent inspection in May 2024.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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
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About Eden Boys' School, Preston
- School type
- Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 617 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Eden Boys' School, Preston website
- Email address
- head@ebpreston.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 01772 926000
The Eden Boys’ School, Preston is a 700 place 11-18 Muslim faith-based secondary school. It opened in September 2015, admitting students into Years 7 and 8, and will continue to build up its pupil numbers year on year. The school welcomes applications from pupils of all faiths and none. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
Eden Boys’ School, Preston was graded as “Outstanding” in all areas by Ofsted during its first inspection in May 2018.
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