General Administrator
| Posting date: | 01 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 May 2026 |
| Location: | Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 3DL |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f27e6c8e-c1a1-41a0-a04c-cf9c657f9dfe |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone who is:
• Reliable, highly motivated and self-driven.
• Proactive and the ability to use own initiative and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in reception and/or administrative/ customer services work in a busy work environment.
• Keen on attention to detail, has high standards and takes pride in their work.
• Experience in First Aid or willingness to undertake training
• A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain positive relationships with all members of the school community.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• At least one personal leave day a year.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Generous staff discount scheme.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further details about the role
Job Title: General Administrator
Location: Barnsley Academy, Farm Road, Barnsley, S70 3DL
Salary range: FTE £24,978.00 gross per annum pro rata (actual of £23,762.72)
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday, Term Time + 4 weeks
Barnsley Academy is seeking to appoint a highly professional, organised, and self-motivated General Administrator to join our dedicated team. This is a key role within the academy, providing comprehensive administrative support across all departments to ensure the smooth and efficient running of day-to-day operations. The successful candidate will act as a central point of contact for staff, students, parents, and external stakeholders, delivering an exceptional level of service and maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and confidentiality.
The role requires flexibility and excellent organisational skills, as working hours will be 7.5 hours per day between 07:30 and 18:00, Monday to Friday, agreed on a termly basis. This is a term time + 4 weeks position, offering the opportunity to play a vital part in supporting the academy throughout the academic year and during key operational periods.
Barnsley Academy is proud to be an Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ school and a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School, reflecting our commitment to creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all. As part of United Learning, one of the largest and most successful multi-academy trusts in the country, we share a common ethos of bringing out ‘the Best in Everyone’. Our academy serves students aged 11–16 and is deeply rooted in the local community, fostering ambition, determination, and respect in everything we do.
Joining Barnsley Academy means becoming part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values professional development, collaboration, and innovation. If you are passionate about education and have the skills to deliver outstanding administrative support, we would love to hear from you.
This role includes:
• Warmly welcoming visitors to the building, ensuring safeguarding compliance at all times.
• Take incoming calls to the school, directing callers to the right person, taking accurate messages, and screening calls, prioritising as needed and ensuring all messages are communicated to the right person promptly and accurately.
• Liaising with other stakeholders including external agencies, parents, and members of the public.
• Maintaining a tidy reception area, liaising with the Facilities team to ensure deliveries are distributed promptly.
• Maintaining meeting and conference rooms and ensuring these areas are reset following meetings.
• Processing and maintaining school records and documentation via Arbor MIS.
• Providing basic first aid support to students and staff when required, following academy procedures and ensuring incidents are accurately recorded.
• Providing administrative support including preparing letters for parents, photocopying and supporting on reception.
• Supporting the Office Coordinator with day-to-day operational administration tasks
We are looking for someone who is:
• Reliable, highly motivated and self-driven.
• Proactive and the ability to use own initiative and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in reception and/or administrative/ customer services work in a busy work environment.
• Keen on attention to detail, has high standards and takes pride in their work.
• Experience in First Aid or willingness to undertake training
• A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain positive relationships with all members of the school community.
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• At least one personal leave day a year.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Generous staff discount scheme.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
How to Apply:
To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Barnsley Academy > About Us > Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted.
Closing Date, Shortlisting and Interviews:
The following gives an indication of the planned timescales for the appointment process. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisting and interview dates may be subject to change.
Application Closing Date
By midnight on Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Shortlisting
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Interviews
W/C 18 May 2026
If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including an online check, references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
Commitment to safeguarding
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
We are looking for someone who is:
• Reliable, highly motivated and self-driven.
• Proactive and the ability to use own initiative and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in reception and/or administrative/ customer services work in a busy work environment.
• Keen on attention to detail, has high standards and takes pride in their work.
• Experience in First Aid or willingness to undertake training
• A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain positive relationships with all members of the school community.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• At least one personal leave day a year.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Generous staff discount scheme.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further details about the role
Job Title: General Administrator
Location: Barnsley Academy, Farm Road, Barnsley, S70 3DL
Salary range: FTE £24,978.00 gross per annum pro rata (actual of £23,762.72)
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday, Term Time + 4 weeks
Barnsley Academy is seeking to appoint a highly professional, organised, and self-motivated General Administrator to join our dedicated team. This is a key role within the academy, providing comprehensive administrative support across all departments to ensure the smooth and efficient running of day-to-day operations. The successful candidate will act as a central point of contact for staff, students, parents, and external stakeholders, delivering an exceptional level of service and maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and confidentiality.
The role requires flexibility and excellent organisational skills, as working hours will be 7.5 hours per day between 07:30 and 18:00, Monday to Friday, agreed on a termly basis. This is a term time + 4 weeks position, offering the opportunity to play a vital part in supporting the academy throughout the academic year and during key operational periods.
Barnsley Academy is proud to be an Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ school and a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School, reflecting our commitment to creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all. As part of United Learning, one of the largest and most successful multi-academy trusts in the country, we share a common ethos of bringing out ‘the Best in Everyone’. Our academy serves students aged 11–16 and is deeply rooted in the local community, fostering ambition, determination, and respect in everything we do.
Joining Barnsley Academy means becoming part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values professional development, collaboration, and innovation. If you are passionate about education and have the skills to deliver outstanding administrative support, we would love to hear from you.
This role includes:
• Warmly welcoming visitors to the building, ensuring safeguarding compliance at all times.
• Take incoming calls to the school, directing callers to the right person, taking accurate messages, and screening calls, prioritising as needed and ensuring all messages are communicated to the right person promptly and accurately.
• Liaising with other stakeholders including external agencies, parents, and members of the public.
• Maintaining a tidy reception area, liaising with the Facilities team to ensure deliveries are distributed promptly.
• Maintaining meeting and conference rooms and ensuring these areas are reset following meetings.
• Processing and maintaining school records and documentation via Arbor MIS.
• Providing basic first aid support to students and staff when required, following academy procedures and ensuring incidents are accurately recorded.
• Providing administrative support including preparing letters for parents, photocopying and supporting on reception.
• Supporting the Office Coordinator with day-to-day operational administration tasks
We are looking for someone who is:
• Reliable, highly motivated and self-driven.
• Proactive and the ability to use own initiative and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in reception and/or administrative/ customer services work in a busy work environment.
• Keen on attention to detail, has high standards and takes pride in their work.
• Experience in First Aid or willingness to undertake training
• A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain positive relationships with all members of the school community.
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• At least one personal leave day a year.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Generous staff discount scheme.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
How to Apply:
To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Barnsley Academy > About Us > Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted.
Closing Date, Shortlisting and Interviews:
The following gives an indication of the planned timescales for the appointment process. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisting and interview dates may be subject to change.
Application Closing Date
By midnight on Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Shortlisting
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Interviews
W/C 18 May 2026
If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including an online check, references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
Commitment to safeguarding
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.