Administration Assistant

The Role

Pleckgate High School wishes to appoint a hardworking, enthusiastic and committed Administration Assistant. If you are experienced, enthusiastic, open to new ideas and have a flexible ‘can do’ approach, we would welcome an application from you. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a strong team of support staff who are central to the successful communication, administration and customer service aspects of the school. We are looking for a confident, well organised individual who has excellent administration skills to join our team. The role requires a candidate who is able to engage well with parents and our local community as well as working successfully in a team and able to work well under pressure.

The role is term time plus 2 weeks (40 weeks) and full time. The pro rata salary is £20,850 to £21,198 per annum (subject to pay review).

The Job:

To work within the Administration Team to provide excellent customer service, communication and a high-quality administration service to staff in school, parents and the local community.

What does this job do?

• To act as the initial point of contact for visitors to school in reception, meeting and greeting, manage visitor sign in and issuing lanyards according to safeguarding requirements.
• To provide clerical and administrative support in relation to the production of specific materials, for example, newsletters, school prospectus and reports,
• To carry out a range of administrative tasks, correspondence to parents, information to staff, photocopying, liaison with staff, pupils and parents
• To work as part of a team and support the roles of others at all times in providing a high-quality administrative service.
• Able to support at school events when required such as parents evening, celebration or achievement evenings.

What are the job requirements?

• Education to GCSE Standard at grades 9 – 5 for a minimum of 5 GCSEs including Maths and English.
• An effective communicator who can deliver complex and clear information or messages, both oral and written.
• MS office proficiency (including working with Google applications).
• Strong team player and ability to undertake a number of issues simultaneously as well as the ability to work under considerable pressure.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

About Pleckgate High School:

We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.

At Pleckgate everyone is committed to providing the best educational experiences and opportunities for our students. At the heart of the school's work is a commitment to high quality teaching and learning and achievement for all: for our students to be safe, happy and successful developing as individuals into caring, responsible citizens who participate fully in school life and are proud of their achievements. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and everybody is responsible for creating a culture of high expectations and academic excellence. Our most recent Ofsted report, March 2023, positively reported “Leaders and staff have high expectations & set high standards for staff & pupils’”. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.

We are proud of our achievements - our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. Ofsted also commented, “Subject curriculums are expertly designed with a careful selection of the most important knowledge for pupils”. We are committed to the pursuit of outstanding teaching and learning alongside the highest possible academic, personal and moral standards. This commitment is built upon a shared belief in hard work, self-reflection and a culture of respect and support for others.

We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate. We are proud of how staff support pupils in achieving success both academically and through sport.

As a staff member of Pleckgate High School, you will be able to take advantage of the staff benefits, available through the EPT, which includes access to both the Simply Health and Discount for Teachers schemes. We also have an Associate member of our Senior Leadership Team whose role is to work with our staff on staff wellbeing, working to ensure you have a balanced home and work life-style.

If you have any questions about our school, or the role itself, please don't hesitate to get in touch and please visit our school website http://www.pleckgate.com to get a flavour of what we have to offer.

About the Education Partnership Trust (EPT):

EPT was established in 2012 as a multi-academy trust and is an approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We benefit from our diverse and unique range of schools which include secondary mainstream, alternative provision and special and have a proven track record of sustained improvement. Our schools are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children and young people within a collaborative learning culture.



Our staff are our most valued asset so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances. As such we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed. 

Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include:

• Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling, CBT, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Access to government pension schemes.
• Free parking.
• Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
• Training, mentoring and progression opportunities.
• Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources. 

Incomplete application forms will not be shortlisted, if you need to discuss a reason for being unable to complete a section, please contact the recruitment team HR@ept-uk.com

We warmly welcome a visit to the school or an informal conversation prior to application. Please contact Mary Wade - mwade@pleckgate.com

Please be advised, as part of due diligence checks, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates.

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