Office Manager
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2AX17 days remaining to apply
Closing date
8 June 2026 at 8am
Date listed
21 May 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
- £29,836.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £33813 to £36041
Office Manager job summary
Office Manager
36 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (term time plus)
Working hours are Monday to Thursday 8.00 am to 4.15 pm and Friday 8.00 am-4.00 pm
PS7 (£33,813 to £36,041) Pro-rata starting salary £29,836
Starting: ASAP - no later than September 2026
Are you looking for a busy and varied role at the heart of our school?
We are seeking to appoint a positive and proactive individual to lead our busy School Office and Reception. The successful candidate will act as PA to the Headteacher and will undertake a broad range of routine administrative activities to enable the school to function efficiently. We are looking for a dedicated professional, ideally with experience of working in a similar environment. You will be solutions focussed, with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, and you will be determined to make a difference to the children in our school.
St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School is part of the Enlighten Learning Trust and sits at the heart of its community. We enjoy excellent links with St Andrew’s Church and our Christian ethos underpins our commitment to nurturing every pupil at our school, enabling each one to find their voice and to reach their potential academically, physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. We have high expectations, and academic achievement is important to us.
Set in 10 acres of grounds in the Surrey village of Cobham, we are able to offer our pupils a large number of high-quality sporting and other outdoor activities, with three playgrounds, an outdoor learning space and plenty of playing fields. We have Forest Schools provision and pupils enjoy accessing our music, cooking and art rooms. There is ample on-site car parking for staff.
If you would like to contribute to our inclusive culture that is ambitious for every child to enjoy life in all its fullness, then we would love to hear from you.
We welcome early applications and will consider holding interviews and appointing before the closing date for strong candidates.
Closing date: Monday 8 June 2026 @ 8.00 am
Interview date: Interviews will be held within the next 2 weeks
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It is an offence to apply for a role if applicants are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share thiscommitment. Please refer to the following link for further information regarding our Child Protection & Safeguarding policy
St Andrew's C of E Primary School - School Policies (standrews-primary.surrey.sch.uk). Any successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 157 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School website
St Andrew’s School is a Church of England Primary School with strong Christian values. We are part of Enlighten Learning Trust, a Trust whose values and ambitions mirror our own and through which our staff have access to excellent professional development opportunities.
Our motto, "Life in all its fullness" signals our desire to enable our pupils to thrive through the richest experiences and most relevant challenges.
We welcome every member of the school community, starting with the children and their families. We are inclusive and we celebrate diversity, we recognise every individual’s interests and potential and respect their right to be safe and happy at school and beyond.
We encourage and equip all children to accept challenges and to strive for excellence in all aspects of school life. We expect our pupils to exhibit leadership skills and ambition for the future.
All school activities are ultimately designed with Preparation for Life in mind. We recognise our responsibility to enable our pupils to thrive both now and in the future. Through our curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning, we must prepare our children for life in an ever changing world, giving them ‘skills and attitudes for life’ that will enable them to be confident about their futures.
If you have the vision to be part of our successful, inclusive school where all the children are encouraged to reach their full potential, we want to hear from you.
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