Job title and organisation: School Administrator - West Oaks School
Salary: B3 Points 7 - 11, £22,709 - £24,204 (actual)
Hours: 37 hours per week, Term time only + 5 days
Contract: Permanent
Location: West Oaks School - Headingley Learning
Closing Date and Time: Tuesday 12th May 2026 at noon
Permanent Post - required from June 2026
School Administrator – Are you looking for a rewarding role in our school?
West Oaks School is recruiting, and we really want to hear from you. If you have the ambition and the necessary skills, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to join our Team.
This is an exciting career opportunity for a well-organised, excellent and hardworking administrator who shares our passion to improve all that we do. You will join a dedicated and expanding team.
Your role will include:
- Managing front of house and acting as first point of contact
- Recording information and using our pupil information systems
- Collecting, recording and banking of dinner money
- Managing meeting rooms and dealing with hospitality
- Preparing correspondence and reports, filing and photo-copying
We have a post available at our Headingley Learning Site (LS6 1BP)
We can offer you:
- Rewarding and enjoyable work.
- An opportunity to work with our amazing children.
- An experienced staff group who work as part of a team to drive improvement and raise standards for everyone within our school community.
- A high-quality programme of continuous professional development.
- The opportunity to work in an outstanding school, (Ofsted Outstanding 2007,2012, 2017)
- Work in a leading-edge SEN school that has expanded to 500 pupils.
- An environment that creates teaching and learning opportunities for everyone (we view the environment as the 3rd Teacher), and we are improving facilities and expanding our teams on all our sites
Applicants should apply through MyNewTerm or via the school’s website: westoaksschool.co.uk/vacancies. Application forms should be completed on-line through the MyNewTerm portal, CVs will not be accepted. The closing date is Tuesday 12th May 2026 at 12 noon. Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application process, please email recruitment@westoaksschool.co.uk.
Interviews will be held w/c 18th May 2026
We are committed to safeguarding and we see this as the Golden thread that drives everything we do. We also promote the welfare of all our children, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Any candidates who have lived or worked overseas in the last 5 years, will need to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries they have resided in, if they are the preferred candidate. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds
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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