Aurora Chaldon School
Surrey
£ £16.11 per hour
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
31 October 2025
Job overview
Overview and Responsibilities
Senior Administration Assistant (Students)
Location: Rockshaw Road, Chaldon, Surrey
Contract Type: Permanent, full time
Actual annual salary: £30, £33,508.80 dependant on qualifications and experience
Hourly rate: £ £16.11 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm
Start Date: As soon as possible
Aurora Chaldon School
As part of our growth strategy, The Aurora Group are really pleased to be opening a brand new SEND Secondary School in September 2025 in Chaldon, Surrey for young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism. All our students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, allied to the national curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions. With a model of small classes, high levels of classroom support and a supernumerary multi-disciplinary intervention team we are able to give students "every opportunity to achieve"
We are looking to recruit a Senior Administration Assistant (Students) to join our team at Chaldon School. This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at the start of their journey. You will be based at Aurora Chaldon school with a willingness to work out of our satellite site Caterham when required.
The main purpose of the role:
The purpose of the Senior Administration Assistant (Students) is to be responsible for day-to-day pupil administration, which may include enquiries, referrals, registration and preparation of review documentation.
Key duties:
* Work with the commissioning and placements team to arrange visits and complete admission paperwork, in liaison with the school SENDCo team. Ensure that all relevant forms and paperwork related to pupil admission is completed and held on pupil files.
* Maintain pupil records on the school MIS, including ensuring registers are up to date and absences are monitored and followed up where necessary.
* Ensure that all orders are processed according to school protocol and notify staff when goods are received.
* Champion the school lunches – promote to parents and liaise with local supplier.
* Assist with First Aid and Medication administration when necessary.
Assist staff with school trips by making preliminary enquiries with coach companies. Trips should be organised by teaching staff and final booking should be made by Finance Assistant.
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
* GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
* Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role (Preferably in a school setting)
* Computer literacy – Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint and ability to use range of databases once trained.
* Accurate typing, touch typing desirable.
* Organised, good time management.
* Ability to manage own time to deal with multiple tasks.
* Ability to be discreet, confidential and reliable.
Experience of SEN children/young adults desirable.
Benefits and Additional Information
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
* Life assurance
* Enhanced Pension
* Enhanced Annual Leave
* Perkbox - offering high street discounts
* Employee assistance programme
* Car lease scheme
* Fully funded training and qualifications
* Bike to work scheme
* Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
Free parking
How to apply:
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Kirsty in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
About Aurora Chaldon School
Aurora Chaldon School
Rockshaw Road, Merstham
Surrey
RH1 3DB
United Kingdom
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. As part of our growth strategy, we're pleased to be opening a brand new school in Autumn 2025 in Caterham with a proposed capacity of students.
This school will be provide 'Every opportunity to achieve' through a specialist learning environment for autistic young people who may also have ADHD and other associated social and communication difficulties. The pupils will be aged The school will include a full therapy team to ensure we can offer the best support to our students. Pupils form the existing Aurora site at Caterham Education Centre will have the opportunity to transfer to Chaldon for the 25/26 academic year
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