School Administrator

Job title and organisation: School Administrator - Castleton Primary School

Salary: B3 / C1 depending on experience, £21,962 - £24,210

Hours: 32.5

Contract: Permanent

Location: Castleton Primary School

Closing Date and Time: Thursday 29th October 2026

We are seeking a friendly highly organised and confident School Administrator to join our busy school, which is at the heart of the local community in New Wortley.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual who enjoys working with people, thieves in a busy environment and is looking to develop a career in school administration.

About the role:

As a key member of our administration team, you will play an important role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the school. You will be the first point of contact for parents, visitors and members of the community, providing a warm, welcoming and professional front-of-house service.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the school reception and welcoming visitors
• Admitting and signing in visitors in line with school, procedures
• Handling telephone calls and responding to emails
• Updating and maintaining the school's MIS system
• Managing and recording children's attendance and registers
• Taking and recording accurate minutes of meetings
• Providing administrative support for Special Educational Needs (SEN)
• Maintaining and overseeing the school's Health and Safety assets register
• Producing reports and maintaining accurate records
• Providing general administrative support across the school
• Undertaking other varied administrative duties as required by management and in response to the needs of the school.

About you

We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, friendly and approachable and exceptionally organised, with excellent communication, interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing a welcoming and professional service to pupils, parents, staff and visitors

• Have excellent communication skills, both verbal, and written.
• Be confident working in a busy, fast-paced environment.
• Have experience using Microsoft office and google packages.
• Be comfortable dealing with parents, visitors, staff and external contacts.
• Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a small administration team.
• Be will and able to learn new systems quickly - full training will be provided.

Please find details and application form on our website: Key Information | Castleton Primary School

Completed applications to be returned to:

k.penny@castletonleeds.org.uk

A visit to our school is welcomed.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children's barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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