6 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    20 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    6 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 36.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade 2 £24,027 - £24,790 pro rata - Actual Salary £21,008 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an exceptional Receptionist/Office Administrator at Colmers Farm Primary School: -

  • To provide a helpful, courteous, and welcoming school reception service.
  • Experience of Canva is desirable but not essential.
  • Experience of Trello is desirable but not essential.
  • Strong IT Skills.
  • Front of house including answering the phone, taking messages, and dealing with general queries in a helpful and professional manner.
  • Responsible for Breakfast Club and dinner numbers.
  • Monitoring the recording of pupil attendance including the efficient maintenance of electronic registers and use of the correct attendance codes.
  • Updating our MIS.
  • Admin Requests.
  • Letters and reports for Head Teacher/SLT.
  • Assisting in the editing and updating of our school website.
  • Incoming and outgoing post (i.e., franking, sorting, and distribution).

What the school offers its staff

In return for your commitment to our Trust, we can offer:

  • An outstanding, innovative, and ambitious executive leadership team who, through their passion and drive to improve outcomes for children, support and motivate each other to achieve great things!
  • Sector competitive pay.
  • Excellent CPD opportunities.
  • A fantastic supportive working environment.
  • The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children across Birmingham.
  • Access to our mental health and wellbeing platform, ExcelWell.
  • The opportunity to develop into a highly effective leader.
  • 24/7 advice and helpline.
  • Flexible working arrangements.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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About Colmers Farm Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
403 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
hr@excelsiormat.org
Phone number
01212745872

Arranging a visit to Colmers Farm Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@excelsiormat.org.

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