School Administrator

Salary: £21,495 - £22,529 Annually (Actual). Salary shown is pro-rata, based on full time equivalent of £24,795 - £25,988

Grade: CD, SCP 03-06

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, term time including training days (39 weeks per year)

Location: York, North Yorkshire

About this Role Working within a busy office environment, the admin duties are varied. Excellent organisational skills are required in order to deal with the range of tasks that need to be undertaken.

Job Details

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week, term time including training days (39 weeks per year).

Line Manager: Head of School

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information. About the Trust Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do. At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

• High standards and expectations

• Integrity, kindness and good manners

• Respect for individuality and difference

• Collaborative working to secure excellence To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are 'Striving for Excellence'.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the 'Employer of Choice'.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

• Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.

• Are committed to our Trust values.

• Show initiative and are responsive to change.

• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.

• Are creative in their approach to problem solving.

• Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.

• Are team players.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement ). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role:

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

Key Dates:

Closing date: 15 December 2025

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

School Administrator

Salary: £21,495 - £22,529 Annually (Actual)

Posted: 05/12/2025

Closing date: 15/12/2025

Closing time: 23:59