5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    8 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm, Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm. (1/2 hour lunchbreak).

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

22635

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • A passion for learning and working within a school environment.
  • Personal drive and determination to deliver the best standards for the school.
  • High expectations of performance.
  • The ability to support and hold others to account, whilst working as a team
  • Suitable qualifications to fulfil the role (e.g. GCSE A-C Grades or equivalent in Maths and English)
  • Previous school office/office experience is essential
  • Knowledge of SIMS.net is desirable but not essential
  • Knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Word, Excel, etc) essential
  • First Aid qualification is desirable but not essential as training will be given

What the school offers its staff

  • A supportive, dynamic and caring team
  • Professional development
  • Well-resourced learning environments
  • Positive, well behaved and happy children
  • Good links with other local schools within our MAT

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Inspires MAT are seeking an exceptional experienced candidate to join Templars Academy School Office as the Senior Administrator. The successful candidate will run the school office, working alongside our central business team.

This position is for 37 hours per week, 44.7 weeks per year, (term time plus non-pupil days) Scale 4 Point 7 - £21,933 per annum. The working pattern will be Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm, (includes a 1/2 an hour lunchbreak).

Templars Academy is a school that displays excellent team ethos, individual support, professional development and wonderful children to lead. We require someone who is committed, enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated.

Working in the front office, this position is the first point of call for visitors, so a cheerful personality is a must. We strive to build excellent relationships with our parents, pupils and the wider school community, so the ability to listen and the desire to help are also essential to the role.

The individual must have the ability to work under their own initiative and be able to work calmly under pressure. He/she must also be organised in their working practices, whilst understanding the need for tasks to be put aside when something needing more immediate attention arises. Confidentiality is of paramount importance

We firmly believe in supporting every staff member in their well-being and career development – ensuring we provide the best provision for all our team.

Commitment to safeguarding

Inspires Multi-Academy Trust are committed to:
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs;
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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About Templars Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
406 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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Templars Academy is part of the Inspires Multi-academy Trust, a primary-only multi-academy trust with 5 schools forming the MAT.

Templars Academy is located on the Cressing Road in Witham, Essex. Our large fenced site benefits from excellent facilities. This includes two school buildings, each with disabled access and toilets, a disabled car parking space close by, and their own halls. We have extensive landscaped grounds, a fully air-conditioned ICT suite and a well stocked library.

The staff and children thoroughly enjoy working together across the school sites. We are constantly seeking to improve the learning experiences for children and have created a curriculum which captures their interest inline with the current national curriculum.

Our vision 'Learning Together, Achieve More' encapsulates the spirit of togetherness. We know that together we are stronger. We strive to provide the very best education for the children in our care, within a nurturing and caring environment.

We are a two form entry school, with a maximum number on roll of 420. We also benefit from a 26 place nursery class for 3-4 year olds and a 12 place nursery class for 2-3 year olds.

Arranging a visit to Templars Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@inspiresmat.co.uk.

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