Job Description
Your new companyA school in the East Lancashire area is seeking an experienced and highly organised School Administration Lead to join their dedicated team on a full-time, full-year basis. This is a pivotal role within the school, supporting senior leadership, managing admissions, coordinating staffing processes, and ensuring the smooth running of all administrative operations. School experience is preferred, as is a start in June or July.Your new roleAs the School Administration Lead, you will oversee a wide range of administrative, admissions, staffing, and compliance functions. Your responsibilities will include:
* Referrals & Admissions - managing LA consultations, coordinating assessment and parental visits, maintaining referral records, updating information, and ensuring all documentation is processed accurately.
* Fees & Funding - checking termly headcount, issuing starter/leaver forms and updating income spreadsheets
* Senior Leadership Team Support - producing agendas, attending and minuting weekly SLT meetings, distributing minutes, and tracking actions.
* Staffing Administration - posting vacancies, liaising with SLT on shortlisting, arranging interviews, processing contracts, DBS checks, maintaining the Single Central Register, and updating staffing records.
* Training Coordination - arranging statutory training, monitoring compliance, booking courses, diarising sessions, and communicating training information to staff.
* General Administration - PA support to the Headteacher, maintaining calendars, GDPR updates, pupil filing, managing communication systems, updating school documentation, managing DfE transfers, GDPR, and responding to a wide range of parent and stakeholder enquiries.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be an experienced administrator with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload. You will bring:
* Experience in a school or education setting (preferred)
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Confidence handling sensitive information and maintaining compliance
* Strong IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly
* A proactive, solutions-focused approach and the ability to work independently
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