Together with our community, we can achieve extraordinary things.

Inspire our children and young people to make goals and plans that challenges their potential to be their best.

Develop the knowledge, skills, and “tools” our children and young people need to achieve their goals.

Nurture and empower our children and young people to have the confidence and resilience to achieve their goals and succeed.

Appleton Academy is part of Exceed Academies Trust, which currently consists of fourteen academies; ten primary schools, an all-through primary-to-secondary academy, two alternative provision academies (Primary and Secondary), and a specialist setting for children/young people who suffer from social, emotional and mental health difficulties.  The Trust has an excellent reputation within Bradford and beyond, and an outstanding track record of supporting staff in developing their careers through specialist training lead by the Exceed Teaching School Hub and our Outstanding SCITT.

If you'd like to know more about our school, please visit our website at https://appletonacademy.co.uk/

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Administrator to join the Administration Team at Appleton Academy. The successful applicant will occupy a key role within the Academy, providing a high level of administrative support to staff, students and parents to help us in our aim of delivering outstanding school support services;

The successful candidate will;

• Be confident in solving complex problems and working with colleagues from across a range of roles 
• Be familiar with service level agreements, meeting targets and managing their workload to deliver an outstanding service 
• Provide a high-level administrative service, including undertaking tasks such as word processing, reception duties, managing visitors, organising and attending meetings and minute taking 
• Engage in continuing professional development and training  
• Manage complex data and information while ensuring that school systems are kept up to date 
• Ensure that policies and procedures are followed 
• Plan, review and organise resources and the allocation of tasks to ensure the smooth running of administrative services 
• Maintain critical school records and databases, ensuring confidentiality is maintained where necessary, but meeting the school’s statutory responsibilities, including to external organisations such as the DfE 
• Assist in managing HR and recruitment processes, including recruitment of temporary and supply members of staff, and absence management procedures 
• Assist the Office Manager in leading other staff in the department to ensure that the administrative team deliver an outstanding service to staff, pupils and parents 

We can offer;

• A hard-working team dedicated to the success of our students 
• Supportive Trust central team, school leadership, governors, staff and parents
• An inclusive approach to learning 
• High quality Continuous Professional Development opportunities 
• Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Secure, on-site parking 
• Excellent employer pension contribution scheme

We would warmly encourage any interested candidates to visit our school setting. In order to do so, please contact Recruitment on 01274 421053 to make necessary arrangements.