Senior Administration Officer

Location: Witney Community Primary School, OX28 1HL Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 3 days per week (8:30 am – 4:00 pm), Term Time only (38 weeks)

Salary – grade 7: £28,163 to £30,060 pro rata (Actual £13,402 to £14,305)

Closing Date: 7th June 2026

Start date: 1st September 2026

At Witney Community Primary (WCP), our office is the steady heart of the school.

We are a welcoming community where Caring, Learning and Succeeding Together is not just a motto—it’s how we work every day.

We are looking for a Senior Administration Officer who is naturally unflappable, highly organised, and enjoys being the first point of contact for our families and staff.

“What I value most here is the genuine team spirit. We support each other through the challenges, ensuring everyone feels safe and nurtured at work.”

Why this role matters

As our Senior Administration Officer, you provide the absolute foundations for our school's success. You will manage essential systems, from lead responsibility for nursery admissions and funding to acting as our Educational Visits Coordinator. Your ability to communicate clearly and remain approachable ensures that our administrative processes run as smoothly as our classrooms.

What you’ll bring

● An Unflappable Presence: You remain efficient and calm, even when managing a busy reception or complex queries.

● Strong Communication: You are a natural people person; who provides a warm, professional welcome to everyone in our community.

● Attention to Detail: You are methodical with data and finances, ensuring Nursery funding and school trip bookings are accurate and timely.

● Organisational Flair: You can balance long-term tasks (like the pupil census) with the immediate needs of a primary school day.

● Resilience: You bring a proactive, can-do attitude and a commitment to seeing tasks through to the highest standard.

The 'Why Us' difference

At WCP, we treat our staff with the same care and respect as our pupils.

● Genuine Support: We don't just talk about resilience; we practice it. Our staff have a proven track record of supporting one another through personal and health challenges, ensuring a safe and nurturing atmosphere for all.

● Professional Agency: You are the expert in your domain. We trust you to lead on your responsibilities and provide the support you need to succeed.

● RLT Benefits: As part of the River Learning Trust, you’ll join a network of schools committed to staff wellbeing, offering a generous pension scheme and high-quality professional development.

How to Join Our Community

1. Read more and apply: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145651/EDV-2026-WCPS-64493

2. Start a conversation: We strongly encourage you to visit us and see our community in action. Please contact Rachel Jones at rjones@witneycp.org to arrange an informal chat or a visit.

3. Talent Pool: Not the right time? Register with our Talent Pool to hear about new opportunities first. 

Note: As this role is based in a school, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone.

Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning

and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with The Operations Manager, about the role, prior to application, then please email office@witneycp.org or telephone 01993 702388.

The River Learning Trust and Witney Community Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions

Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered