School Administrator – Arbour Vale School Satellite Centre

Arbour Vale School, Slough, SL2 3AE

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full-time: 37 hours per week, Monday–Thursday 8:30am–4:30pm, Friday 8:30am–4:00pm. Term time plus 2 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Level 5: Point 22.1 -25- £27,013.70-£28,776.30
• Additional allowances:

  + SSA allowance £1,183.80 per annum depending on experience (FTE £30,008-£31,966 + SSA Allowance £1,315.07 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a reliable, organised, and proactive School Administrator. As School Administrator you will provide efficient and confidential administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the school, assisting staff, pupils, and families while contributing to a welcoming, inclusive, and professional environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide general administrative support, including word processing, data entry, filing, scanning, and maintaining accurate records.
• Assist with pupil-related administration, including registers, annual reviews, reports, and liaising with parents, carers, and external agencies.
• Operate office systems and equipment, including Arbor, ICT packages, and school databases, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.
• Support the day-to-day running of the office, including reception duties, mail distribution, stock management, and uniform sales.
• Contribute to the smooth operation of the school by assisting staff with routine administrative tasks, supporting training activities, and maintaining confidentiality and professional standards.

Key Requirements:

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths, grade 4/C or above.
• Competent IT skills, including experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and school management systems (e.g., SIMS).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally with pupils, parents, staff, and external professionals.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks, work independently, and meet deadlines.
• Reliability, discretion, and a professional approach, including awareness of safeguarding, confidentiality, and equal opportunities.

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Arbour Vale School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 359 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Arbour Vale School website
• Email address: Maria.Paul@arbourvaleschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arbour-vale-school

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