Salary scale: OHCAT Fringe Business support pay scale, Grade: Level 4, SP 19-22, Actual Salary: £23,776.85- £25,295.93 (FTE £27,767.00- £ 29,541.00) plus Special School Allowance: Actual - £ 1,126.09 (FTE £1,315.070)
Location: Arbour Vale School, Farnham Rd, Farnham Royal, Slough SL2 3AE
Hours: 37 hours per week,8.30am to 16.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 16.00pm on Friday, 5 days per week, Term time only
Arbour Vale School is a large and inclusive special school in Slough, supporting pupils aged 2 to 19 with a wide range of educational needs. It is one of the largest special schools in the country, meeting the needs of children and young people with moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning needs, and autism.
The school is purpose built with specialist facilities including a dedicated nursery and post-16 base, soft-play area, hydrotherapy pool, multi-sensory room, a newly refurbished library, well-equipped IT suite, dedicated music room and large sports hall.
Arbour Vale School is a vibrant and welcoming community and offers many opportunities for professionals who want a rewarding career enabling young people to achieve their full potential irrespective of their personal learning needs.
The postholder will provide efficient and effective administrative support across both finance and human resources functions within a busy school environment. The role ensures accurate financial processing, compliance with policies, and smooth HR operations to support staff and leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assist in processing school orders, ensuring budget provision and authorisation prior to processing.
• Monitor Agency staff timesheet approvals and provide Agency Flash Report data on a weekly basis
• Monitor and process orders sent to AVS Resources mailbox and monitoring stock levels
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with recruitment, probation, including drafting letters, filing etc. to ensure smooth operations
• Ensure accurate and timely data input into HR systems, including:
o New starters, leavers, amendments, maternity/paternity, absences, annual leave, etc.
o Leave requests, including notifying staff and filing appropriately.
Key Requirements:
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Good numeracy and IT skills (e.g., Excel, MIS systems)
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Find out what makes Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust a truly rewarding place to work – visit our ‘Work for Us’ page to learn more about our values, opportunities and the difference our staff make every day.
Our Trust:
Arbour Vale School is part of Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust. We are a family of specialist education providers from pre-school through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire and fully represent all designations of special education needs and disabilities (SEND). To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our website.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHCAT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please get in touch with the School directly. Visits to the School in advance of applications are encouraged.
Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
How to Apply:
Eteach: To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’, you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, once signed in, please complete and submit the Application Form.
Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.
To ensure a fair opportunity for all applicants, candidates who have applied for this position in the past 6 months will not be considered.
Closing Date: 12th April 2026
Interviews will take place on: w/c 27th April 2026
To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.