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The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a School Administrator at Wild Bank Community School, Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG.
Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.
Wild Bank is a one form entry school with 31 staff and 146 pupils aged between 3 and 11. Wild Bank’s school motto is ‘Working together we can achieve our best’.
To start Monday 23rd February 2026
School Administrator full time Salary £26,403 -£27,694
This is a permanent contract, part-time 35 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary £21,967 -£23,041, (TMBC Grade D Point 7-10)
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated school administrator to join our team who will be a welcoming first point of contact for those visiting and contacting the school. We have a friendly, supportive and committed staff team who care deeply about providing the best education possible for our children.
The post holder will carry out a range of administrative duties, including:
•Front of house duties, e.g., handling telephone calls and welcoming visitors;
•Maintaining a range of pupil information, e.g., using Arbor and other databases;
•Managing and processing payments from parents through Arbor.
•Using a range of online systems, e.g., for data transfer;
•Managing nursery and in-year admissions;
•Recording and managing pupil attendance data and contacting parents regarding pupils’ absence;
•Assisting with the administration of extra-curricular activities and other programmes;
•Completing and sharing information with external bodies
The successful candidate must have:
•Excellent IT skills, including competence with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and an aptitude for learning school-specific systems.
•Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise a busy workload and meet deadlines.
•Effective written and oral communication skills, with the ability to converse at ease with all members of the school community.
•A professional, calm, patient, and flexible approach to work in a dynamic environment.
•A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.
The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:
•Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 16th January 2026 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.
•Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st January 2026.
•Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.
Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Safeguarding Statement
We have a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The roles across our schools involve working with children and/or young people and are subject to our Safer Recruitment Process.
We do not accept CV’s, all applicants should complete a Trust Application Form and include on this the details of two referees who, if you are shortlisted will be contacted for a reference. Social media checks will be carried out for roles across our Trust. All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We may close the job advert for roles within our Trust as soon as sufficient applications have been received so please apply for advertised roles as soon as you are able. If you have any queries linked to any of the roles advertised please ring 0161 830 6964.
Visits to our schools are encouraged and warmly welcomed please contact the individual school to arrange this.