HR Admin Manager
Grace Academy Solihull
Solihull
- £27,362.14 - £30,699.24 pro rata
- Salary:
- This range is based on the 41 weeks per year working pattern (term time plus 3 weeks)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2026
- Apply by:
- 6 July 2026
Job overview
Are you a proactive and professional high level Administration Manager with an interest in HR looking to make a real impact in a vibrant educational setting?
Grace Academy Solihull, part of the Tove Learning Trust, is seeking a dedicated and organised HR Admin Manager to sit at the heart of our school’s administrative operations. This is a pivotal role where you will provide essential support to the School Business Manager, ensuring that our team of over 100 dedicated staff is supported through accurate, consistent, and policy-driven HR management.
Why Join Grace Academy Solihull?
If successful, you will:
Join a dedicated, welcoming, and passionate team of professionals.
Work in a school that genuinely values staff wellbeing, featuring sensible workloads, a two-week October half-term, and access to a medical scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
Benefit from a flexible approach to working life to support your personal commitments.
Enjoy outstanding modern facilities, including a staff gym, secure parking, excellent teaching spaces, and state-of-the-art IT equipment.
Make a meaningful difference to the life chances of our fantastic young people.
Receive strong support for your professional development and future career progression.
The Role
As the HR Admin Manager, you will execute the full end-to-end administrative processing for the employee lifecycle. You will be the guardian of our HR data, ensuring everything from recruitment to retirement is handled with precision and care.
Key responsibilities include:
Lifecycle Administration: Managing recruitment, from preparing job descriptions and adverts to coordinating interview days and processing post-appointment checks (DBS, medical clearances, and Right to Work).
Compliance & the SCR: Taking responsibility for the administration and maintenance of the Single Central Record (SCR) in line with KCSiE and Ofsted regulations.
Casework Support: Assisting the School Business Manager with HR casework, including probation reviews, absence management (using Bradford scores), and disciplinary documentation.
Data Management: Maintaining accurate records on the MHR iTrent HRIS and electronic personnel files in strict accordance with GDPR and Trust policies.
Staff Benefits & Payroll: Coordinating leave requests (maternity, paternity, special leave) and maintaining monthly records for audits on staff benefits like Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work schemes.
About You
We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and possesses:
Strong administrative experience, ideally within an HR or educational context.
A thorough understanding of GDPR regulations and data confidentiality.
The ability to work flexibly and support a diverse team of teaching and support staff.
Excellent communication skills to liaise with the central Trust payroll and HR teams.
At Grace Academy Solihull, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
Ready to take the next step in your HR career? Apply now to join Tove Learning Trust and help us shape a brighter future for our students.
Attached documents
About Grace Academy Solihull
- Grace Academy Solihull
- Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley Wood, Solihull
- West Midlands
- B37 5JS
- United Kingdom
Grace Academy Solihull is a mixed, non-selective, secondary school with sixth form situated in Solihull, serving students from the age of 11-18, where our vision is to develop well educated, considerate and caring citizens with a strong sense of values who will succeed in, and contribute to modern society. By offering a curriculum that is broad and balanced, and recognises the importance of a strong academic provision coupled with sport and the arts, this makes us well placed to offer the best educational provision for our students. With academies situated in Darlaston, Coventry and Solihull, the Grace Family is built on an ethos, embodied in our core values of: Grace, Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Potential.
As well as a strong emphasis on academic and examination achievement, an extensive choice of extra-curricular and enrichment activities, such as PGL and Duke of Edinburgh, give students the chance to explore their creativity, or acquire a qualification that will impress future employers.
Students are encouraged to work hard, be punctual and show respect for each other, the staff and our community. In addition, we expect the highest standards of dress and behaviour in all areas of academy life. We have high expectations of all our young people, and aim to raise their aspirations and provide a unique and challenging learning experience both academically and socially.
Our pastoral system also helps to promote a harmonious atmosphere and a strong sense of community, this is further supported with our commitment to the restorative justice programme which allows all students to have a voice and talk through their feelings and actions.
An increasing number of students continue their learning journey in our vibrant Sixth Form, which also attracts young people from the wider community. Students can study exciting A-level subjects, specialised work related courses or a combination of the two. Our aim is to provide students with the tools they need to progress successfully to university, apprenticeships, further training or high quality employment.
Executive Principal
Darren Gelder
Tove Learning Trust
Grace Academy Solihull is part of the Tove Learning Trust. The trust is committed to ensuring that all students achieve as highly as possible and works hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. The whole TLT team along with it's committed Board of Trustees is focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where students thrive on success.
Ofsted
“Leaders at Grace Academy Solihull put pupils at the heart of everything they do. Pupils say that staff value them and notice when they need help. Staff have high expectations of pupils, and pupils work hard to meet these expectations. Pupils welcome the pastoral support they receive and say they feel safe”.
We are focused on ensuring that students receive the best education to enhance their life chances. Our hard work and progress is recognised fully in the latest OFSTED judgment the Academy has now received. The Academy was judged as GOOD overall in our most recent inspection in May 2022
This is a well-deserved judgement and an accurate reflection of the Academy’s progress to date. The report highlights the balance we have strived to achieve through outstanding examination results and the equally important support, welfare and care we have for individual students. This is comparable with any high performing school or Academy nationally, but our commitment to further improve and enhance what we offer as an Academy continues.
Our Ofsted Report can be found at the link below:
We are part of Tove Learning Trust, a highly successful, and growing, multi-academy trust. As an employer, they offer:
Support and well-being - In joining Tove Learning you will become part of a family who really look out for one another. Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing counselling and advice for you and your close family and access to lots of well being support.
Professional development - Join a trust where your performance review is truly targeted around you and your development. We want you to be the best you can be which in turn will enhance your performance and lead to outstanding outcomes for all.
Excellent pension schemes - Both pension schemes are defined benefit schemes where you build up your pension based on a fixed formula to provide a guaranteed income at retirement. You have the opportunity to see what your actual pension will be.
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