School Administrator
Milborne Port Primary School, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5EP18 days remaining to apply
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week - 8.30am to 3.00pm daily - 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £17,307 annual salary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a well-organised, reliable and competent person to become our School Administrator at Milborne Port Primary School. Can you combine the skills of being organised and efficient with a positive outlook and friendly disposition? Do you enjoy working as part of a team as well as independently? Do you have experience of working in a similar role at another school? If so, we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will be dynamic and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, will understand the importance of confidentiality and discretion, will be adaptable, flexible and enjoy the variety and challenge of working in a small but busy office. They will have excellent IT skills, including competence in using Microsoft Office and school office experience would be desirable but not essential
Interested? If you feel you want to join a school with a supportive and highly skilled teaching and support team and if you can inspire children and enable them to reach their full potential, then please send in your application. We offer excellent opportunities and development for all our staff throughout their careers.
What the school offers its staff
We are truly collaborative and we work together within, and across, our schools to ensure that all our children and members of staff achieve their potential. Together we work to create a full and rich curriculum offer allowing everyone to flourish - we translate our vision of excellence into our every-day practice. We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than just academic excellence for our children. We also want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals.
We aim to serve our communities, and our schools make every effort to connect with families, local community groups and organisations to ensure that our children and families are nurtured, supported and provided with opportunities through our schools.
Our value of equity leads us to want the very best of every child and every member of staff. The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’ and we are committed to tackle inequalities and overcome disadvantage, and to provide bespoke opportunities for professional learning for all.
We welcome applications from highly motivated individuals and who will work effectively as part of our excellent team. They will be keen to contribute to the wider school life, building positive relationships with all members of our community.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Milborne Port Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- Up to 180 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Milborne Port Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk
- Phone number
- 07450 125066
Arranging a visit to Milborne Port Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk.
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