School Administrator (term time only)
Blackheath Prep
Greenwich
- £21,154 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- asap
- Apply by:
- 12 May 2021
Job overview
Introduction
Blackheath Prep School is an independent prep school for just over 350 boys and girls aged 3 to 11. Founded in 1996, it occupies a beautiful five-acre site close to Blackheath village and its original Georgian and Victorian buildings have been extended and adapted to include large playgrounds and extensive playing fields, tennis courts, cricket nets and a Forest School area.
It is a remarkable school with outstanding facilities, a formidable track record in academic success and impressive achievements in Music, Sport, Drama and Art.
The vision of Blackheath Preparatory School is to be a real beacon of excellence. This means providing an exceptional quality of education for every child. The ethos of the school is purposeful and supportive and the moral character of the children is developed well. The school’s aim is to provide an environment in which pupils can flourish, confident in the adults caring for them, through trust, respect, responsibility and consideration. Our overarching priority is the children’s happiness and wellbeing.
Children go on to a range of independent and maintained secondary schools, with a large proportion (at least 50% of the cohort over the last five years) being awarded academic scholarships at schools such as Alleyn’s, Colfe's, Dulwich College, Eltham College, James Allen’s Girls’ School, Sevenoaks School and City of London Schools and/or places at top Grammar schools such as Newstead Wood and St Olave’s. A large number of children are also awarded scholarships in Art, Drama, Music and Sport.
The Role
Blackheath Prep School is seeking to appoint an experienced School Administrator to support the provision of an efficient administrative service to parents, pupils, and School staff.
The role requires a commitment to delivering excellent administrative support to ensure smooth running of the School.
Terms of Appointment
Salary: up to £21,154 per annum (up to FTE £25k)
Contract: Permanent, term time only + 3 weeks
Hours: Full time
Start: As soon as possible
Benefits: Pension scheme, free lunch meals, fee remission and annual flu
jab.
How to Apply
Please visit our Blackheath Prep School website to access our Job Pack (incl. Job description) and complete our Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form.
Please send by email a completed application form and equal opportunities form, together with a covering letter to Asia Gibbs, HR and Compliance Manager: recruitment@blackheathprepschool.com
Closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 12 May
Interviews will be held on Monday 17th May
***Please note that the recruitment campaign might end earlier as the applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so please do not delay in applying***
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About Blackheath Prep
Blackheath Prep is an outstanding, co-educational prep school for children aged 3 – 11. Our five-acre site offers superb specialist facilities, and plenty of space to provide our pupils with the freedom to learn and play in our large playgrounds, forest school areas and 2.5 acre playing field.
Our seven core values of kindness, curiosity, freedom, ambition, courage, community and joy, inform all that we do and how we behave as a school community. They guide our approach to teaching and learning, to pastoral care and to wellbeing, and our engagement with those around us.
We nurture our pupils both academically and pastorally, enabling them to be happy, confident and inquisitive children. Through a broad range of subjects, inspiring teaching and plenty of exciting activities, we ensure that our school is a really fun place to be where curiosity is stimulated, and a love of learning is encouraged.
Above all, we are kind, friendly and joyful school.
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