Senior Administration Assistant
Frome Vale Academy, Bristol, BS16 2QS14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
12 October 2026
Closing date
1 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 August 2026
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
- Actual Annual Salary: £20,698 - £22,313
Senior Administration Assistant job summary
Job Title: Senior Administration Assistant
Actual Annual Salary: £20,698 - £22,313 Based on hours and weeks worked.
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £29,812 - £32,138 (CLF Grade C) Based on 37 hours per week, All year round.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time, 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Term Time Only plus inset days
Working Pattern: The successful applicant will be expected to work five days each week. Flexible working arrangements can be considered regarding the working pattern across these days, subject to operational requirements
Provisional Start Date: October 2026
Do you have excellent organisational and administrative skills and enjoy working in a busy school environment?
Frome Vale Academy is seeking a proactive and highly organised Senior Administration Assistant to join our friendly team on a permanent, part-time basis. You will play a key role in providing high-quality administrative, clerical and organisational support across the academy, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient running of our day-to-day operations.
This varied role involves working closely with staff, pupils, parents and external stakeholders, supporting a range of academy processes and events. You will be responsible for a broad range of administrative duties, including maintaining records, managing communications, supporting academy initiatives and events, and helping to create a welcoming and professional environment for all visitors. The successful candidate will be highly organised, able to manage competing priorities and committed to delivering excellent administrative support.
About you:
You will:
- Possess a relevant NVQ level 3 in business and administration or equivalent qualification/ experience.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
- Have good planning and organisational skills.
- Be an excellent communicator and have a good telephone manner with the ability to take accurate messages.
- Have excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
- Be an experienced administrator.
- Enjoy working within a team player
- Have a keen interest in working within an education-based environment and commitment to inclusion and acceptance of all.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About Frome Vale Academy:
Frome Vale Academy is a dynamic, vibrant school in the heart of its local community within Downend, Bristol. We are a single form entry school, with a maximum of 30 children per year group, and we are proud of our ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating.
The school is set within beautiful grounds of approximately nine acres, which are used extensively for outside learning and play. At Frome Vale, our children are encouraged and guided to achieve their full potential within a safe and engaging environment.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. Over 51% of the pupils who attend Frome Vale Academy are from global majority groups, so we particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the pupils we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 01 September @11.59pm
• Short-listing: 03 September 2026
• Interviews: 08 September 2026
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
We are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Frome Vale Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 203 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Frome Vale Academy website
Frome Vale Academy is a small, vibrant primary Academy set in 9 acres and located in Downend. It is a single form entry school with 178 pupils on roll. Although small, it’s diverse with over 15 different languages spoken within the school community ranging from Arabic to Urdu. Frome Vale Academy benefits from being part of a leading Multi-Academy Trust, the Cabot Learning Federation. The CLF currently sponsors 15 academies: six primary academies, seven mainstream secondary academies, an all-through academy and a Studio School. In addition, the CLF has a discrete Post 16 provision, located across six of our sites in the East Bristol / South Gloucestershire area, and a primary and a secondary re-engagement centre serving the same area. Together we educate 8000 children between the ages of 3 and 19. The Federation is a major Teaching School in the South West. Successful candidates will benefit not only from intensive CPD within our school but also across the Cabot Learning Federation.
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