Office Administrator

Cheddington Combined School, Bedfordshire, LU7 0RG

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  28 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 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: £23,515.00 Annually (Actual) Bucks Pay Range 4 Point 21, 32.5 hours per week (term time plus 1 week)

Office Administrator job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our wonderful team here at Cheddington Combined School. We are looking for an Office Administrator to join us from 1st September 2026. The role is for 5 days a week from 8.20am to 3.20pm with 30 minutes for lunch (32.5 hours per week term time plus inset days).

Cheddington Combined School is a beautiful one form entry school at the heart of Cheddington Village. We have an amazing site, a great team of dedicated and hard-working staff and Governors as well as the most wonderful children. We had a brilliant Ofsted inspection last year - please visit our website for more information.

Please find the job description attached for more details about the role.

About the Role

You will be part of the administration team which has day to day responsibility for the smooth running of our office at Cheddington Combined School.

Our administration team are at the heart of organising and managing all of the administration and operational processes for the school, including:

working with the IT support company and assisting in the resolution of IT issues

communication with parents, schools and other professionals who support pupils

meeting and greeting pupils and visitors

maintaining pupil records, including attendance and assessment data

maintaining confidential records and ensuring that data is held in an appropriate and secure way

collating and maintaining club bookings and lettings

producing letters, reports and emails

support classroom colleagues with the organisation of trips and offsite activities, together with booking transport, completing paperwork and risk assessments

liaising with suppliers and contractors

completing all the necessary office administration from filing and creating databases to making sure that we have sufficient supplies of pens and refreshments!

The role is varied and you will be one of our ‘go to’ people for anything and everything needed to help with the administration necessary to ensure the school operates effectively.

We are a friendly, welcoming team. We offer training to all our staff to develop skills and enable us to deliver the best possible outcomes for the children in our care. Could you be the person to join us?

About You

We are looking for applicants who:

are confident users of IT including Excel, Word, Publisher and Google docs

understand the need for confidentiality

effective communicator both orally and in writing

are well organised with an eye for detail

have experience of working in a small, busy office setting, particularly in a school (having knowledge of school-based systems is desirable as we hope that the successful applicant will quickly be able to adapt to the role and establish themselves within the team)

can contribute to the effective operational and financial management through effective application of policies and procedures including handling cash transactions

are willing to undertake First Aid training and assist with First Aid as needed.

can manage conflicting priorities and ‘last minute’ tasks

are able to work as part of a team but also confident to work on their own initiative

are flexible and pro-active

If you have a ‘can do’ attitude, enjoy multi-tasking and are interested in helping us to ensure that our pupils have the best opportunities, then we would like to hear from you.

Cheddington Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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

We regard the safeguarding and well-being of our children as paramount. (An DBS self-declaration form will be required from candidates selected for interview; and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.) References will be taken prior to interview.

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 Cheddington Combined School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 195 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cheddington Combined School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheddington-combined-school

Cheddington is a small village in Buckinghamshire. Cheddington Combined School is at the heart of the village community and is committed to helping our children become responsible citizens of the future. Our school community is friendly and welcoming, our school environment is a pleasure to work in, and our children are keen to learn.

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