School Administrator

Job Introduction

School Administrator – Job Description

Grandpont Nursery School, Oxford, OX1 4QH

Contract: Part-time, all year round
Salary: Grade 4 - £25,185 Pro rata £9,791 – actual salary
Start Date: July 2026

Hours: 15 hours per week, over 5 days, 50 weeks per annum

Line Manager: School Business Manager

Main purpose of the Role

You will work as part of our supportive office team, providing essential administrative and organisational support, greeting families, and helping ensure the nursery environment runs safely and efficiently. This is a varied and rewarding role ideal for someone who enjoys working with young children and their families.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide a warm, welcoming first point of contact for parents, carers, visitors, and young children.
• Provide administrative, and organisational services to the school
• Liaise with pupils, parents/carers
• Liaise with other staff and external agencies
• Analyse and evaluate data and information and run reports
• Undertake word-processing and IT based tasks including operation of relevant equipment and advanced ICT packages.
• Act as the main point of contact for the school, investigating queries, assessing the nature of telephone calls, referring them to the appropriate person without referral to the line manager where possible, and receiving visitors in a courteous, prompt and efficient manner, to ensure that staff, service users and members of the public who contact the school are dealt with efficiently and consistently.
• Organise meetings and take notes.
• Develop and maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems.
• Process forms, returns, etc., including those to outside agencies
• First point of contact for sick pupils, liaise with parents / carers/staff
• Contribute to the planning and development of administrative procedures and systems.

Individuals in this role may also undertake some or all of the following:

• Organise arrangements for school visits and events
• Monitor pupil attendance and run reports
• Assist with producing marketing and promotion material for the school
• Assist with the administration of school lettings and other uses of school.

At Grandpont Nursery School, safeguarding is paramount. Staff must follow all policies relating to child protection, health & safety, confidentiality and data protection. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

How to Apply

Please fill out the application form attached and sent the completed form back to: Office@grandpontnurseryschool.co.uk

Closing date: 4 June 2026
 Interviews: 9 June 2026

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.