Administration Assistant

📍 Location: Thornhill Academy, Sunderland
💰 Salary: NJC Grade 3 (Scale Points 5 – 6) (Actual Salary: £25,583 - £25,989)
⏳ Contract: Permanent, 36 hours per week, all year round
📅 Start Date: January 2025 

About Us:
Thornhill Academy is part of Consilium Academies, a values-driven multi-academy trust committed to Excellence, Equality, and Integrity. We are a vibrant secondary school with over 600 students from diverse backgrounds, speaking 35 languages across 14 ethnicities. We celebrate diversity, foster inclusion, and provide a nurturing environment where every pupil can thrive.

The Role:
We are looking for a friendly, organised, and professional Administration Assistant/Receptionist to join our academy office team. You will provide essential support to staff, students, and visitors, helping the school run smoothly. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing reception and welcoming visitors
• Handling phone and email enquiries
• Maintaining student records in Arbor
• Assisting with school trips, events, and general office administration
• Providing first aid and supporting students with medical needs

About You:
You will be confident, organised, and able to multitask in a busy office environment. Excellent communication skills, a proactive attitude, and strong ICT literacy are essential. Previous administrative experience is desirable, as is a First Aid qualification.

Why Join Us:

• Be part of a supportive, values-driven Trust
• Access tailored professional development through our Centre for Professional Learning
• Work in a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative school community
• Contribute to the exciting growth of a school on a rapid improvement journey, with a rebuild planned for 2026

Safeguarding:
Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

Applications and Information

For further information about the role please see attached recruitment pack including, job description and person specification.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to arrange a visit to Thornhill Academy, please contact kate.jackson@consilium-at.com

Closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 5th December 2025. 

Interviews will take place on a date to be confirmed. 

Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.

We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!

Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.