General School Administrator

Colne Primet Academy, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JF

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4, SCP 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job title – General School Administrator

Role Specific

• To provide general clerical and administrative support including, but not limited to, general filing, word processing, photocopying and distributing mail.
• Deal with a variety of enquiries from visitors, students, parents, external agencies and members of the public in a professional manner, in person, over the phone or by email.
• Able to decide on many conflicting priorities of own workload, and maintain an organised and efficient working environment.
• Create and maintain manual and computerised student files, ensuring that data kept is accurate, up-to-date and recorded in the correct place.
• Work as part of the office team to support colleagues from other departments.
• Ensure the office environment is tidy and maintained to the best standard.
• Any other duties the Office Manager considers appropriate.

Trust Responsibilities

• Share the Trust’s Vision, Mission, Values and Behaviours and communicate them effectively.
• Participate in Staff Review and Professional Development activities, and be actively involved in the Trust’s culture of high expectation.
• Value diversity and promote equality.
• Engage in marketing activities and liaison with employers and the wider community in line with Trust strategies.
• Contribute to cross-Trust events.
• Adhere to Trust policies and procedures including Health and Safety.
• Be responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Any other duties that the Principal or Director of Education consider appropriate.

What the school offers its staff

Now is a really exciting time to be joining Colne Primet Academy as we go through a period of rapid expansion, both in terms of staff and student numbers and with extensive new building and refurbishment work recently completed.

We currently have 815 students on roll from a diverse range of backgrounds, and the students numbers continue to grow up to our full capacity of 1050 over the next few years. Throughout the school, we have students who speak 23 different languages. Working with such a diverse community brings lots of opportunities for students to learn more about each other and themselves.

By joining the Primet family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. The core drive of being part of the Primet staff team is about wanting the best for our students, and to help them overcome any barriers to their success. Our aim here at Colne Primet Academy is to give each and every child the very best educational start in life. At all times, we guide, support and inspire.

We collaborate with our colleagues at West Craven High School as well as the three primary academies in our Trust family and have the support of the Pendle Education Trust core team for functions such as Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, Health and Safety, IT, Marketing and Governance.

We are proud of the positive atmosphere that exists within the Academy. Visitors very often comment on the calm and orderly surroundings and the warm, welcoming and friendly ethos we have created. We believe that high achievement comes as a result of a positive atmosphere, high expectations and mutual respect.

Our core values are based on the Primet Positives: Progressing, Respectful, Inclusive, Motivated, Expressive and Together. These values are embedded in everything we do throughout school, and we are very proud of what Colne Primet Academy stands for in its community – we hope you want to be a part of that too.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

https://www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/page/?title=Safeguarding+and+Child+Protection&pid=58

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About Colne Primet Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 858 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Colne Primet Academy website
• Email address: hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colne-primet-academy

Colne Primet Academy became part of the Pendle Education Trust family in 2013 and has experienced transformational change across all areas since then. Former Principal Lynne Blomley has now moved into an Executive Principal for Secondary Education role with the Trust, and the Academy is led by Julia Pilkington.

The school was named Secondary School of the Year at the 2021 East Lancashire Education Awards.

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