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Senior Administration Officer

West End Academy, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 4QJ

This job expired on 21 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Sept 2025

• Closing date

  21 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 6 Actual £17,063-£18,510 (FTE £27,711-£30,060)

Senior Administration Officer job summary

Waterton Academy Trust is looking to appoint an inspirational and ambitious Senior Administration officer to West End Academy, a one-form entry primary school, located in Hemsworth.

West End Academy is a smaller than average primary school and joined Waterton Academy Trust in July 2018. The Trust consists of 13 primary phase schools, 2 Assessment Resource Provisions and 4 pre-schools in the Wakefield and Barnsley area. As part of this Trust both staff and children enjoy varied opportunities for collaboration in all areas of the curriculum.

The school is committed to providing a stimulating, creative environment so that all children enjoy learning, make outstanding progress and reach their potential. By offering a rich and diverse curriculum, the academy is constantly striving to provide high-quality learning opportunities which engage, challenge and inspire all our pupils. Inspected by OFSTED in November 2024, West End Academy is a good school with outstanding behaviour and leadership and management.

Our ideal candidate will:

Has the drive, passion and motivation to work hard in providing an excellent service for the Trust and its stakeholders

Is highly organised and a confident communicator

Has good working knowledge of IT including Microsoft packages

Thrives in a busy environment supporting across a number of areas showing resilience and exceptional team working ability

Has experience of working within an office environment, ideally with some school/Trust experience

Is adaptive in an ever-changing environment

Is sensitive and fully able to maintain confidentiality

Appreciates the role that efficient administration and organisation can play at the heart of a school

In return we can offer:

The support and expertise of the school’s leadership team and wider Trust School Improvement Team

A modern, bright and spacious learning environment (recently developed and refurbished)

The opportunity to work alongside colleagues who are wholeheartedly dedicated to the pupils and community they serve

A commitment to support your continued professional development through a network of experienced professionals across the Waterton family of schools

The opportunity to contribute widely to school improvement

A health and wellbeing package

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.

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About West End Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 187 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West End Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-end-academy

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