Attendance and Administration Assistant

**Attendance and Administration Assistant**:

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- Hill Top Academy

06/10/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

**Salary**

Grade 5, Scale Point 4-6, £25,183 to £25,989 pro rata (Actual salary £21,888 to £22,946)

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Region**

Doncaster

**Job category/type**

Administration/Clerical, Education - Non-Teaching

**Date posted**

24/09/2025

**Job reference**

REQ21238

Job description

Hill Top Academy, Edlington Lane, Edlington, Doncaster, DN12 1PL

Contract Type: Permanent

Contracted hours: 37 hours per week, Term time plus 5 additional days

Responsible to: Academy Business Manager and Office Manager

The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Hill Top Academy are looking to appoint a Attendance and Administration Assistant. This is a vital role at the heart of our Academy, ensuring the smooth running of our daily operations.

Hill Top Academy is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 9 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, and Willow Primary School.
- **Experience in an administrative or office-based role, preferably within a school setting.**:

- **Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal**
- **Strong organisational abilities** with great attention to detail
- **Proficiency in using IT systems**, including school management software (e.g., ARBOUR or SIMS) and experience in using Google and Microsoft Office
- **A positive and friendly attitude** with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- **Commitment to safeguarding** and promoting the welfare of children

The role will include
- **Managing attendance** for all pupils, including recording absences, following up with parents, and maintaining accurate records.
- **Providing administrative support** to the senior leadership team and other staff members.
- **Acting as the first point of contact** for visitors, parents, and pupils, providing a welcoming and professional service.
- **Handling general office tasks** such as data entry, filing, and managing correspondence.

**Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Hill Top Academy?**

At Hill Top Academy, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds to enable all our children to overcome barriers to learning and reach their full potential.

We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.

Our Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding.

**Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer**:

- Excellent career development
- Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children’s success across the curriculum
- The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
- Access to the most up-to-date training and development for Teaching Assistants
- Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
- A highly committed and supportive Academy Governing Board and Trust Board of Directors
- An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
- An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing
- Free access to a leading health and wellbeing support partner which includes 24 hour GP appointments and a range of services including Physiotherapy, support for family issues, cancer support, medical advice and a range of wellbeing services
- Free flu jabs

At Exceed Learning Partnership, we have a strong culture of school improvement, and professional development is at the heart of the Trust and all its academies. Our leaders have a wealth of knowledge and are highly experienced in improving outcomes for pupils.

As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential skills and tools. We are committed to providing the very best educational opportunities for the pupils of Hill Top Academy and this is an exciting opportunity for you to join this team and ‘make a