Administration Officer

Administration Officer – Cornerstone Alternative Education

Location:

Cornerstone Alternative Education, Cornerstone Crewe, UK

Contract Type:
Permanent

Education Phases:
Primary, Secondary;

Job Role s:
Administration Hr Data And Finance;

Working Patterns:
Full-Time;

Key Stagess:
Ks2, Ks3;

Final date to receive applications:
Friday, 11th September 2026

Interview Date:
Week Beginning 14th September 2026

Expected Working

Start Date:

02/11/26

Is a Shared Job:
No

Attending this school is a life‑changing experience. Most pupils have previously had negative experiences of education. Cornerstone is a safe and stimulating place of learning for students.

The care and support that staff give pupils when they arrive helps them to overcome their lack of trust in schools. For many pupils, this transforms their attitudes to learning and their future life chances. The school has high expectations of all pupils.

Staff have a good understanding of each pupil and their individual needs. The school provides support, specific to each pupil. In class, pupils engage and are enthusiastic about their learning. Most pupils arrive with significant gaps in their knowledge. However, they make great strides in their social development and behaviour.

Pupils benefit from highly positive relationships with staff, consistent routines and praise. They understand what the school expects from them. This helps them to feel safe, secure and to thrive. The atmosphere around the school is warm, calm and purposeful. Pupils are routinely supported to understand their emotions. They demonstrate positive behaviour in class and around the school. Pupils attend daily and cannot wait to see what the day holds.

Whether that be time spent together with their friends in class or trips out to local places of cultural interest.

Cornerstone Alternative Education is proud to share that, in addition to our existing Alternative Provision, we will be opening a new 48-place specialist provision in September 2026. This new school will cater for children aged 7 to 13 years old with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs or Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). The provision will operate under the same ethos that defines Cornerstone: authentic relationships, adaptive to need, and child‑centred practice.

It will be a school where children can flourish and be the best they can be, supported by caring and dedicated staff who are committed to helping every child thrive.

• To act as a main point of contact for visitors, staff, pupils, parents, carers, outside agencies and other stakeholders. Providing advice, information, and assistance where possible either over email, telephone or face to face. To provide hospitality for visitors as necessary and implement school safeguarding policy.
• To provide administrative support to the Headteacher, and staff as directed by the Headteacher and/or Office Manager. This will include maintenance of records, written and electronic, origination of letters, photocopying, scanning, emails and phone calls.
• To help to arrange for supply cover in the event of staff absence.
• To administer school registration procedures in line with statutory requirements and school policies.
• Ordering school lunches and collecting cash/cheque payments for lunches.
• To help administer pupil enrolment and leaver procedures, to add to and maintain pupil and staff databases on the school MIS. To maintain lists and registers ensuring records are accurate and up to date. To produce reports, lists, information and data as required.
• To complete statutory census returns along with other weekly and monthly returns such as staff variation sheets and sickness absence and insurance returns.
• To assist in the routine administrative arrangements in relation to the recruitment and interviewing of applicants.
• To support the Office Manager in maintaining and monitoring staff information, including absences and staff training.
• To help arrange and manage pupil transport requirements and liaise with external agencies.
• To keep updated school prospectuses, home/school agreements, school website, displays and other marketing material.
• To ensure…