School Administrator (Triage and admin support student services)

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher

Salary: H4 (FTE £25,989-£27,254) Actual salary (£22,831-£23,942)

Contract: 37 hours a week term time plus 2 weeks

Start Date: 1st June 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic and organised individual to provide general support within our pastoral areas, specifically Triage team. The post holder will play a crucial role in the day-to-day life of a school by providing a wide range of pastoral administrative support, working closely with the Student Services Team. The key objective of this role will be to triage issues as needed and direct students to the right person to help them. The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach and be confident, supportive and possess good interpersonal and communication skills. 

Your role will include:

• Managing the triage desk, assessing student needs on arrival and directing them appropriately

• Handling calls from reception and responding to general enquiries

• Managing stock and distribution of student rewards and uniform items.

• Keeping records and logging on Bromcom as appropriate.

• Supporting attendance administration processes

• Providing general pastoral administrative support as required

• Maintaining accurate and organised filing systems

The successful applicant will:

• Have excellent administrative and communication skills.

• Proficient in IT (particularly Google Sheets/Excel)

• Experience of working within a school setting is desirable.

• Positive and professional attitude. 

• Be a strong team player and adaptive to flexibility.

• Ability to prioritise workload and self management.

Please see Job Description/Person Specification for further information

Tring School can offer the successful candidate:

• Training for school specific systems as required

• Children of staff have second priority admission after 2 years’ service or recruited to fill a post with a demonstrable skill shortage 

• CPD Champion School

• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme 

• Auto Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme and free on-site parking

• Free flu vaccinations

• Dedicated wellbeing team who are extremely passionate about ensuring our staff are well looked after

• Discounted membership to our onsite Sports Centre, offering swimming and exercise classes

Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages.  It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with nearly 1600 students on roll including 400 in the Sixth Form.  Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year.  The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community.  We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work.

We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19. 

If you are interested in the prospect of working in a supportive environment where you can have real impact, and where exciting things are happening, then we welcome an application from you. We warmly welcome visits.

Please note that as part of the recruitment process for this role, we reserve the right to conduct online searches on publicly available information for all shortlisted candidates.

Candidates may be invited to attend an informal online meeting prior to being invited to formal interview.

Closing date: Monday 27 April

Interview date: w/c 5 May 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.”Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.