Business Support Administrator in Weston-super-Mare

The Priory Learning Trust is looking to recruit a Business Support Administrator to work at Castle Batch Primary School Academy. We are looking for a friendly, hardworking, approachable individual to join our team. This front of house role will be the friendly face for pupils, staff, families and visitors to school. The role will support the Headteacher and Academy Operations Manager.

This role will cover all aspects of school operations, as directed by the Academy Operations Manager. It will suit an enthusiastic individual who is able to multi-task, willing to learn and develop and is flexible and adaptable in their approach.

If it excites you to be working in a school, in order to provide the best learning environment for children to achieve the best outcomes, we would like to hear from you. We warmly welcome an informal visit or a conversation about this opportunity prior to application.

This is a key position designed to ensure the smooth daily operation of the school office, supporting our teaching staff, students, and families. Working closely with the Headteacher and the Academy Operations Manager, you will:

• Act as a central point of contact for all aspects of school operations.
• Support the Operations Manager with essential finance and administrative responsibilities.
• Maintain the infrastructure that allows our learning environment to thrive.

• Organised & Resilient: A flexible multi-tasker who is adaptable in their approach to daily challenges.
• An Excellent Communicator: Confident engaging with others via telephone, email, and in person.
• Excellent IT skills and a willingness to learn new software and systems through ongoing training.
• Able to work constructively as part of a collaborative team while maintaining the confidence to work independently.
• Growth-Oriented: Enthusiastic about learning, developing your professional skills, and contributing to the success of the Academy.

Castle Batch Primary School is currently part of The Priory Learning Trust, a group of like-minded schools whose shared ambition is to provide A Great Education for Every Child. Whilst Castle Batch retains its own unique identity and ethos, being part of a family of schools brings additional support as well as opportunities to share expertise, provision and costs across our schools.

From September, we will be part of the newly formed Pathway Trust. Our new trust brings together two existing organisations, Castle School Education Trust and The Priory Learning Trust who have been working closely together over the last few years with great success. Pathway Trust will comprise seven secondary and thirteen primary schools across Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We educate children from 2-18 years old. We have a strong track record of school improvement and a positive trend of improved outcomes. We are bringing together the complementary strengths and values of both trusts, with the sharing of resources and expertise across an extended network of schools enabling us to further invest in leadership and teaching for the benefit of all.

As a trust, our ambition is to enable every child to experience a great education. We have a compelling vision for each of our schools based on a deep understanding of each community we serve. Many of the challenges facing school leaders are common to all schools. Our approach to school improvement enables staff and pupils to benefit from the sharing of resources and expertise whilst remaining true to their unique identity and context. The Trust has employee development as a key priority.

• Local Government Pension Scheme: You will benefit from generous employer contributions with built in peace of mind, including a tax-free Death in Service lump sum, it ensures that your long term financial well-being is as robust as your professional legacy.
• Enhanced Sick Pay: enhanced sick pay scheme during illness or unexpected sickness related emergencies, so you can focus on what matters most- your recovery.
• Family Friendly: Enhanced leave packages to support your work-life balance.
• Great team dynamics: Become part of a highly collaborative professional community, working with inspiring senior leaders and colleagues and sharing ideas, resources, and best practice across our family of schools.
• Central partnership support: You will benefit from access to high-quality central services and specialist expertise, providing strategic support to enable you to focus on leading teaching, learning and school improvement.
• Continuous Service: Full recognition of prior service for benefits which protects and enhances employment entitlements including sick pay entitlement, job security and protection of employment rights and access to family friendly leave.
• Exceptional CPD: Dedicated budget and time for your professional development.
• Diversity & Inclusion: A proactive commitment to creating a workspace where diversity is celebrated.

To find out more about Castle Batch School and our trust, please refer to our job description attached. In order to apply for this role please complete an application form via the link above. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

The trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.

All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful candidates will be required to provide a disclosure of any unspent convictions and cautions, as well as any spent convictions or cautions that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered) under the Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).

All appointments are subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check), satisfactory references, medical fitness, Right to Work in the UK, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching/management check. In line with KCSIE guidance, we will also conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates.

Our full Recruitment and Selection policy is available on our website.