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Teaching Vacancies; Radcliffe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Radcliffe Academy invites applications for a Business Support Officer (Attendance and Admissions). You will provide essential administrative support to pupils, teachers and stakeholders, helping to maintain accurate attendance records and smooth admissions processes.

The role requires excellent organisation, strong Microsoft Office skills, and the ability to build relationships across the school and wider Star community. A commitment to delivering high-quality customer service is essential.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.
• Experience of working in an administrative setting.
• Experience of Attendance Administration.
• Proficiency with MS Office and databases.
• Ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately under pressure.

Skills

Administrative exp

Attendance administration

MS Office skills

Prioritisation under pressure

Relationship building

Education

5 GCSEs incl English & Maths

Tools

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Business Support Officer - Attendance and Admissions

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.
• Experience of working in an administrative setting.
• Experience of Attendance Administration.
• The ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Explorer and databases.
• The ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.

What the school offers its staff

About Star Radcliffe Academy

Star Radcliffe Academy is a new and ambitious secondary school at the heart of Radcliffe. We are a five-form entry, 750-place academy for 11–16 year olds, which opened its doors in September 2024 with our founding Year 7 cohort. Each year we will grow, welcoming a new intake of Year 7 pupils, and by September 2028 we will be at full capacity, serving every year group.

Our academy exists to provide Radcliffe with a truly outstanding school – one that raises aspirations, strengthens community pride, and transforms the life chances of every young person we serve. As a free school built from the ground up, we have the rare privilege of creating our culture, curriculum, and systems with clarity and purpose, shaping excellence one year group at a time.

Like all Star schools, we have a distinctive leadership specialism. This means we deliver a rigorous, knowledge-rich academic curriculum alongside a character-forming leadership programme. Pupils are not only equipped with the qualifications and skills they need to succeed but are also inspired to serve others, contribute positively to society, and become leaders in their communities and beyond.

Our belief is simple but profound: every child in Radcliffe has the capacity to succeed at the highest level. By combining high expectations, exceptional teaching, and a culture built on Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect, we are determined to ensure that our pupils leave us as confident, compassionate, and capable young leaders who ready to make their mark on the world.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.