Salary: G6 – starting salary £24,790 pro rata (actual salary £8,789) (pay award pending of 3.2%)
Hours: 15 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks)
Fixed term contract: from 01.09.2025 - 22.07.2027
Working pattern: all requests considered - to be agreed at interview.
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Administrator to join the Admin team in our busy school office and reception.
The successful candidate will provide efficient and effective administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of the school, which will include some reception duties. Applicants must have experience in performing all aspects of administration using Microsoft Office and Gmail; experience of using Google Docs is desirable. Experience of SIMS or other school Management Information Systems would be highly advantageous, but full training will be provided.
We offer:
● The opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school
● A wonderfully diverse student body
● A highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team
● A committed and enthusiastic staff group
● Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Access to employee assistance programme – this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library
- At least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days
- Opportunity for staff to use flexible working hours on occasions
- Comprehensive induction process
- Competitive salaries which are reviewed annually
- Family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives
- Access to online gyms and health sessions
- Access to staff sports, for example basketball, badminton and yoga sessions
- Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
- On site free car parking (when available)
- Free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: Monday 23.06.25 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Monday 30.06.25
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
- Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
- The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
- Verification of identity
- Verification of medical fitness
- Verification of qualifications
- Verification of QTS where required
- Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.