School Administrator

Wild Bank Primary School, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 2PG

37 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  16 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,967 - £23,041

School Administrator job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a School Administrator at Wild Bank Community School, Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG.

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Wild Bank is a one form entry school with 31 staff and 146 pupils aged between 3 and 11. Wild Bank’s school motto is ‘Working together we can achieve our best’.

To start Monday 23rd February 2026

School Administrator full time Salary £26,403 -£27,694

This is a permanent contract, part-time 35 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary £21,967 -£23,041, (TMBC Grade D Point 7-10)

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated school administrator to join our team who will be a welcoming first point of contact for those visiting and contacting the school. We have a friendly, supportive and committed staff team who care deeply about providing the best education possible for our children.

The post holder will carry out a range of administrative duties, including:

• Front of house duties, e.g., handling telephone calls and welcoming visitors;

• Maintaining a range of pupil information, e.g., using Arbor and other databases;

• Managing and processing payments from parents through Arbor.

• Using a range of online systems, e.g., for data transfer;

• Managing nursery and in-year admissions;

• Recording and managing pupil attendance data and contacting parents regarding pupils’ absence;

• Assisting with the administration of extra-curricular activities and other programmes;

• Completing and sharing information with external bodies

The successful candidate must have:

• Excellent IT skills, including competence with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and an aptitude for learning school-specific systems.

• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise a busy workload and meet deadlines.

• Effective written and oral communication skills, with the ability to converse at ease with all members of the school community.

• A professional, calm, patient, and flexible approach to work in a dynamic environment.

• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

• Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 16th January 2026 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.

• Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st January 2026.

• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from 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.

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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.

About Wild Bank Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 137 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wild Bank Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wild-bank-primary-school

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