School Office Manager
The Cooper School, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
9 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,499.00 - £30,855.00 Annually (Actual)
School Office Manager job summary
Join Our Team as a School Office Manager!
Are you an experienced and dynamic administrator ready to lead a high-performing team in a vibrant secondary school? We are seeking a School Office Manager to play a pivotal role in the smooth and efficient running of our school’s administrative functions. This role is for 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only plus INSET days). The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate, but would need to cover the core school opening hours.
About the Role
As our School Office Manager, you will be the heartbeat of our school’s operations—leading the front-office team, supporting the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, and ensuring that communication and administration are seamless and professional. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a busy, friendly, and forward-thinking school environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-level executive support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, including diary management, meeting coordination, and governance support.
- Lead and manage the Administration Team, ensuring efficient workflows, professional development, and excellent service delivery.
- Oversee first aid provision and student health administration, liaising with health professionals and maintaining compliance.
- Coordinate all school communications, including newsletters, social media, website updates, and promotional materials.
- Support school events, trips, and parent engagement initiatives, ensuring a welcoming and organised experience for all stakeholders.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised, proactive, and approachable.
- Experienced in managing administrative teams and supporting senior leaders.
- Skilled in communication, both written and verbal, with a keen eye for detail.
- Confident using digital tools and systems to streamline processes and enhance communication.
- Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
What We Offer
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Opportunities for professional development and training.
- The chance to be part of a school that values innovation, inclusivity, and excellence.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact us on the details provided to arrange a visit.
Safeguarding commitment
The Cooper School and the Acer Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/last employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.
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 are not accepted.
About The Cooper School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1272 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Cooper School website
At The Cooper School, we pride ourselves on being forward thinking in terms of curriculum decisions which support our students; focused on improving learning through the use of new technologies and determined to continuously refine our approaches to teaching and learning. Investing in the Media Suite reflects a small part of our approach to making learning engaging, relevant and active for our students.
Joining us as a member of staff at The Cooper School means being able to see the big picture for the students here. It means that whilst we always strive for academic excellence, we also place great value upon students becoming adaptable, resourceful and enquiring. These are the sort of skills that will enable them to become effective citizens, just as much as their academic results will. As such, we encourage independent learning, enrichment initiatives and House-based teamwork and co-operation.
Working here is an opportunity to flourish as a professional. We ‘grow our own’ leaders. Many new staff have taken on additional responsibilities which is a mark of their quality and commitment to making progress in their own careers as well as their desire to become part of a successful and positive organisation.
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