Nursery Office Administrator

Kilnwood Vale Primary School, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 0BZ

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2025

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,564.54 to 13,728.57 (DOE)

Nursery Office Administrator job summary

Join our friendly team at Kilnwood Vale as a Nursery Office Administrator and help keep everything running smoothly - this permanent, part-time role (24 hours a week) is perfect for someone organised and passionate about supporting early years education.

Your opportunity

In this role, you’ll work closely with the school leadership and nursery team to manage all aspects of nursery administration - from coordinating admissions and maintaining accurate records to ensuring timely invoicing and funding claims. You’ll play a key part in keeping our nursery running smoothly by managing databases, monitoring staff ratios, and liaising with parents to fill places efficiently. The role also involves handling Local Authority funding processes, completing census data, and keeping our nursery information up to date online. If you’re organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting early years education, we’d love to hear from you.

What we're looking for:

• Good General Education including English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent
• Appropriate experience in administration (school/nursery setting would be desirable)
• Advance IT skills, including experience working with MS office applications 
• Able to plan and prioritise regular and irregular tasks
• An effective communicator and ability to remain professional and maintain confidentiality at all times

Please read the full job description and person specification for more information. 

About Kilnwood Vale School

Our School sits within a established cluster of schools, overseen by a Regional Director. Along with Kilnwood Vale Primary School, our cluster includes the following other schools; Southgate Primary School, Forge Wood Primary School, Greenway Junior School, Salfords Primary School, Lime Tree Primary School, Merstham Primary School.

This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across this cluster, to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. It also provides opportunities for career progression across the cluster and gives you the chance to further your professional development.

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

• A Multi Academy Trust with over 2,500 colleagues and over 19,000 pupils
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
• 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
• Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

GLF Schools Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

• Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme 
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Work life and family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Career pathways and talent management
• Access to a staff benefits portal
• Community and collaboration working model

Please read the attached Join Our Community candidate pack for further information.

The Details

Start Date: 1st December 2025 

Salary: GLF Associate 2 Point 1 £23,651 to Point 5 £23,937

Actual Salary: £13,564.54 to 13,728.57 (DOE) 

Hours: The successful candidate will be required to start work at 08:30 a.m. each day. While the role is part-time (24 hours per week), there is flexibility in how these hours are distributed across the working week. 

Closing Date: 30 Nov 2025 

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

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.

About Kilnwood Vale Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 349 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kilnwood Vale Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kilnwood-vale-primary-school

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