Office Manager

The Hathershaw College; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

The Hathershaw College is seeking an experienced Office Manager to lead the academy’s administration, including student services, reception, finance and HR. You will manage a small team and work closely with the Principal and Trust Central Team to ensure efficient, compliant operations across staff and students.

Successful candidates will have strong organisational and IT skills, solid financial abilities and a proactive approach to safeguarding and data protection.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing school admin, finance, HR and student records.
• Strong IT and data protection knowledge.
• Experience leading a small administrative team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage academy administration including student services, reception, finance and HR.
• Maintain accurate staff and student records and ensure data protection compliance.
• Support Principal and Trust with budgeting, payroll and key priorities.

Skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Finance & budgeting

HR processes

Data protection compliance

Team leadership

Microsoft Office

Payroll support

Tools

Microsoft Office

Payroll systems

Job description

Office Manager

Permanent, Full Time, 36 hours 40 minutes per week. Monday to Friday 8:00am-4:20pm, Full Year.

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary: Points 30 - 32 of the School Support Staff pay spine, currently £42,123- £44,253 per annum

The Role:
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised, proactive and professional Office Manager to play a key management role in our welcoming and forward thinking secondary Academy.

Working closely with the Principal and Trust Central Team, you will oversee and manage the Academy’s administration, including student services, reception, finance and HR, ensuring an efficient and professional service for staff, students, parents and visitors. The role includes leading a small team, managing finance and budgets, supporting HR and payroll, maintaining accurate student and staff records, ensuring data protection compliance, coordinating staff absence and supporting the Principal and Trust with key Academy priorities.

We are seeking someone with excellent organisational and administrative skills, strong IT skills, good financial skills and an understanding of HR processes. You will be highly accurate, with excellent attention to detail and confident in leading and supporting a small team. This is a busy and diverse role which will involve contact with a wide range of people, therefore, excellent interpersonal skills are essential. You will be able to manage competing priorities with discretion, professionalism and initiative, while demonstrating a flexible, proactive and collaborative approach.

Successful management experience in a school or another relevant sector outside education is essential.

Hathershaw College

The Hathershaw College is a very successful and oversubscribed 11-16 Academy within the Pinnacle

Learning Trust. We are a good school with a group of very talented teachers and staff who set high standards and expectations for our children. We have a strong training and CPD programme (supported by The Pinnacle Learning Trust Research School), which offers opportunities to develop your skills.

We are inclusive and celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of everyone within the College. We care about our young people, with our first priority always being to make sure they are happy and safe so that they are able to learn.

You will see from our Ofsted report published in June 2026, under the new national inspection framework, that our school is recognised as welcoming and inclusive, with a strong culture of respect and high expectations. Inspectors judged the school to have met the Expected Standard in Attendance and Behaviour, Inclusion and Personal Development and Wellbeing, whilst confirming that the school meets the national expected safeguarding standard. The report highlights that “students behave well. Leaders have put in place clear routines… Learning typically continues without disruptions. Attitudes to learning are largely positive”. Inspectors also recognised our inclusive ethos, stating that” This is a community where students experience a positive sense of belonging”. These findings reflect the commitment of our staff, leaders and students to creating a calm, respectful and supportive learning environment, alongside our continued focus on securing the very best outcomes for all our young people. We encourage all prospective applicants to read the report before applying.

Our colleagues underpin our mission and values, sharing high expectations and collaborative opportunities through supportive networks. We care about each other and the real difference we can make to students’ futures, and we want to recruit staff who share our vision.

We are well located with good public transport links and excellent access to the motorway network.

You can get a feel for the passion we have at Hathershaw College through our website, but please do organise to come in and meet us in person. That’s the best way to get a sense of the dynamic and broad education that our students are enjoying and what your future at Hathershaw College can be.

Proud member of The Pinnacle Learning Trust

We are a locally focused, cross-phase Trust, with a rigorous culture of high aspirations and strong academic performance that will improve the life chances of our young people through an understanding of the communities we serve. Our academies provide high quality inclusive education and an ethos whereby our children and young people learn by example and grow morally and socially.

Our vision for our workforce is one in which diverse, dedicated, skilled and high-performing staff are operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment; enabling everyone to feel valued, respected and encouraged in order to contribute their best to support us in achieving our mission.

Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, as well as the opportunity to contribute to the development of others via our Research School. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

We are delighted to be the winners of the MAT Excellence Award for Wellbeing Trust of the Year 2025, and have been recognised by Edurio for a Trust Value Award in 2025 for the second year running. We offer various health and wellbeing benefits, including an Employee Assistance programme offering counselling, GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, etc.

Read our ‘Join the Pinnacle Learning Trust’ booklet to discover what our trust can offer you.

Advert Closing Date: 9am on Monday 21 September 2026
Interview Date: Friday 25 September 2026

Commitment to Safeguarding

Hathershaw College is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.