School Administrator - Ash Hill Primary School

School Administrator - Ash Hill Primary School

Location:

High Wycombe

Our school office is the first point of contact for parents, visitors and pupils. We are looking for someone who takes pride in providing a warm, professional welcome, who thrives in a busy environment, and who brings calm, good judgement and attention to detail to everything they do.

Term time only: Yes

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 3

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time, 25 hours per week (full day on Friday. Others hours to be discussed)

Interviews to be held: 26th & 27th February 2026

The Nursery is housed in the on-site Children's Centre. The centre provides a range of services and activities for families in the area. Ash Hill is a happy school, and everyone works together to ensure that the children are safe and well looked after, and that they all receive an education which enables them to meet their full potential.

We offer:

• A leadership team who value and respect the role of the school office
• Opportunities for professional development
• A role where your work is genuinely appreciated and impactful
• Be the friendly and professional first point of contact for parents, visitors and external agencies
• Provide high-quality administrative support to the Headteacher, leadership team and wider school
• Manage a wide range of administrative systems including SIMS and Parent Mail
• Support statutory processes, including preparation of school census information
• Assist with financial administration, including payments and monitoring
• Support safeguarding processes, including DBS checks and confidentiality of records
• Help ensure the smooth day-to-day running of a busy school office

This role requires excellent organisation, strong communication skills, discretion, and the ability to prioritise effectively while remaining approachable and calm.

Please see attached job description for more details

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working with children and adults alike
• Is highly organised, efficient and proactive
• Can communicate clearly and professionally, even in challenging situations
• Has strong IT skills and confidence using school systems (or is keen to learn)
• Understands the importance of confidentiality, safeguarding and data accuracy
• Takes pride in being reliable, supportive and solutions-focused

Please see the attached person specification more more details

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children at Ash Hill Primary School. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, online checks, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the school. On joining you will required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.