School Administrator – Higham Lane North Academy
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Salary: £21,565 – £22,397 (dependent on service and experience)
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks (Term‑Time only plus 5 INSET days)
Start Date: October / November 2025
About The Role
Higham Lane North Academy is delighted to welcome applications for the post of School Administrator for an October/November 2025 start. As School Administrator you will be working in the busy Reception office providing clerical support for a wide range of tasks, operations and functions undertaken by the School.
General Duties And Responsibilities
* Responsibility for others: The post has some impact on the well‑being of individuals or groups.
* Responsibility for staff: The post has no or limited direct responsibility for supervising other staff, but may be expected to demonstrate tasks or advise/guide new employees, work experience or trainees.
* Responsibility for budget: The post has no or limited direct responsibility for financial resources other than occasional handling of typically small amounts of cash.
* Responsibility for physical resources: The post has some direct responsibility for physical resources, involving the careful, accurate, confidential and secure handling and processing of information.
Typical Tasks, Duties And Responsibilities
* Operate routine administrative systems and procedures to support the operations of the school.
* Undertake routine clerical activities e.g. photocopying, filing, email and text messages.
* Deal with routine enquiries, providing general information about the school and its activities in person, by phone and email, text message or other appropriate forms of communication to students, parents/carers and/or staff.
* Send out routine communications, issue reminders and chase responses.
* Be a first point of contact for students and/or visitors to the site requiring help/support and referring them to other appropriate staff in school.
* Undertake word processing, generating standard letters.
* Receive some or all of parents/carers, contractors or similar, student visitors and deliveries/goods as well as dealing with associated administration (security badges, signing delivery notes).
* To collate, record, store and retrieve data and information as required.
* Use spreadsheets, formulae and data summarising techniques to produce information for other colleagues.
* Receive calls from parents, passing on messages to students, etc.
* Liaise with third parties to the school e.g. other schools, suppliers, parents/carers and other bodies/organisations.
* To organise meetings and events in liaison with other relevant officials and outside agencies / bodies as required.
What We Offer
At Higham Lane North Academy, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you a supportive, collaborative working environment that places staff workload and wellbeing at the heart of all working practices.
We provide a range of employee support schemes:
* Subsidised eye care for extended VDU users
* A Gym Membership Scheme
* A Cycle to Work Scheme
* An Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
* An Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials
* A Health Cash Plan benefit, providing reimbursements for various health‑related expenses, including dental treatments, optical care, physiotherapy and more
Further Details About The Role
Higham Lane North Academy is a state‑of‑the‑art school and community resource located at the new Milby Meadows neighbourhood on Upper Farm Drive, Nuneaton Warwickshire, CV11 6YN. The school will grow in line with the local need for additional secondary school places until reaching full capacity as a 920‑pupil school. The school will include a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) with up to 20 places available by 2030.
How To Apply
Please complete the Application Form and the Equality Details Form found on the school’s website (https://www.hlna.co.uk) and email them to jobs@hlna.co.uk, indicating in the message title the post you are applying for. The closing date for applications is midday, Monday 20th October 2025.
Further information: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the school’s vetting procedure.
Additional Information
Please address the following points when completing the Additional Information section of the application form:
* Why you would like to work at Higham Lane North Academy
* Why you feel your personal qualities and experience make you an excellent candidate for this position.
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