Administration Officer

RL Hughes Primary

Mayfield Street

Ashton-in-Makerfield

Wigan

WN4 9QL

Salary: Grade 4, £20,723 - £21,729 per annum. £13.26 - £13.90 per hour

35 hours per week, term time plus 1 week working 39 weeks per year

Required for September 2026

RL Hughes Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and motivated Administration Officer to join our dedicated team.

35hrs per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm, term time plus 1 week.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in the day to day running of a very busy school office during a period of significant growth and development. We are particulary excited to be preparing for our move into a brand new school building in May 2027, creating a modern learning environment for our pupils, staff and wider community.

Working closely with the School Business Manager and the Headteacher, you will provide high quality financial and administrative support, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the school. The school office is an extremely busy and fast-paced environment; therefore you must have the ability to self manage, prioritise and multi-task whilst remaining clam, committed, friendly and approachable.

Main duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as a welcoming first point of contact.
• Respond professionally to telephone, email and face to face enquiries.
• Manage visitor sign in procedures and ensure safeguarding requirements are followed.
• Maintain up to date pupil records.
• Managing daily pupil attendance procedures, making first day absence calls to parents and carers.
• Organise school visits.
• Coordinating the nursery admissions process.
• Manage holiday requests from parents and monitor holidays taken in term time and issue EPN as required.
• Undertake general reception/administration duties and financial tasks, including school meals.
• Undertake communication with parents via school messaging service.
• Assist with pupil first aid/medication as necessary.
• Assist with financial duties as required, including collection and banking of monies.
• Organise music lessons and other Adhoc duties.

What we offer

• A welcoming and supportive school community.
• A varied and rewarding role at the heart of school life.
• The opportunity to contribute to an exciting period of change as we prepare to move into our new school building.
• A committed team focused on delivering the very best outcomes for our children.

As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online/social media search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates as per guidance from Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.

Applications to be returned to the headteacher at enquiries@admin.rlhughes.wigan.sch.uk

If you require any further information, please contact the school on Tel: 01942 701147

E-mail: enquiries@admin.rlhughes.wigan.sch.uk

Interview date: Friday 31 July 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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