School Administrator (Laxton and Sadler Junior Boarding House), Part Time

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Oundle; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

Coast and Vale Learning Trust, serving Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools, seeks a part-time Office Administrator to run the Laxton and Sadler House office and provide professional admin support and pastoral care.

You will be the primary contact for pupils, parents, staff and visitors, working within the Pastoral team and reporting to the Housemaster.

Role hours are 25 per week: Wed 12:00-17:00, Thu-Fri 8:30-17:00, Sat 8:30-14:00, with a pro-rata salary of £12,701 per annum (FTE £26,481).

Qualifications

• Experience providing high-quality administrative support in a school or similar setting.
• Pastoral support or liaison with students and staff is desirable.
• Strong communication and organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day operation of the Laxton and Sadler House office.
• Provide administrative support to Housemasters and Matrons and support pastoral care.
• Act as primary contact for pupils, parents, staff and visitors.

Skills

Administrative experience

Pastoral care

Communication skills

Job description

The Role

The purpose of the role is to run the day to day operation of the Laxton and Sadler House office, supporting the Housemasters and Matrons as required, to provide high quality, professional administrative support and pastoral care for the pupils; ensure the pupils achieve and maintain high standards of health care and self-discipline.

The postholder will also act as the primary point of contact within the House, dealing with pupils, parents, staff and visitors.

Working within the Pastoral team, the role holder will report to the Housemaster (Hsm) of Laxton.

This role will be part time, 25 hours per week, working set days Wednesday 12:00 - 17:00, Thursday and Friday 8:30 - 17:00 and Saturday 8:30 - 14:00.

Your working weeks will be 35 weeks per annum (Paid for 39.91 weeks to include entitlement to holiday pay)

Your pro-rata salary will be £12,701 per annum (FTE £26,481 per annum)

The School

Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools have long been associated with the very best of modern independent education, especially boarding. The Schools take seriously their responsibility to pupils so that they can emerge as decent, open-minded adults; ambitious about what they can go on to achieve and contribute. Over 1400 pupils are on roll at the School, of whom 840 are full boarders. Academic results are steadfastly excellent.

A team of around 800 staff, both academic and support, ensure an education of the highest standard is in place across the Schools with the efforts of the whole team focused on this fundamental aim.

Living in Oundle

We are fortunate in our location at the heart of a beautiful market town. School and town are part of the same community and our pupils take their place within this community, not isolated from it. The town has a spirited cultural life, with an annual international festival, literature festival, and frequent performances of nationally touring shows at the School’s Stahl Theatre.

Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are proud to be equal opportunity employers and we welcome applications from all. We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process, and we endeavour to comply with the duties placed upon us to make reasonable adjustments as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010. Should you need to request a particular adjustment to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, please ensure that this is made known, to the HR Department.

Application closing date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 9am

Interviews will take place week commencing 7 September 2026

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