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Salary Salary – Grade: Grade 6 Scale Point 6 to 11 £25,989 to £28,142 Pro Rata Actual salary £18,313 to £19,830 (Pay award pending)
Job profile for Finance and Administration Assistant
Finance and Administration Assistant
Sandringham Primary School 16/09/2026
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary Salary – Grade: Grade 6 Scale Point 6 to 11 £25,989 to £28,142 Pro Rata Actual salary £18,313 to £19,830 (Pay award pending) Contractual hours 30 Basis Part time Region Rotherham Job category/type Administration/Clerical, Finance Date posted 10/08/2026 Job reference REQ23757
Job description
Location: Sandringham Primary School
Contract Type: Permanent
Contracted hours: 30 hours per week Term time plus 5 additional days
Responsible to: Academy Business Manager and Office Manager
Closing date for applications: 16 th September 2026
Shortlisting date: 21 st September 2026
Interview date: 28 th September 2026
Are you a wizard with numbers and a natural people person? Do you thrive in a busy, friendly office environment? The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Sandringham Primary School are looking to appoint a Finance and Administration Assistant to join our amazing office team.
Sandringham Primary School is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 10 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, The Mallard Academy and Willow Primary School
What the job will involve:
- Handling day-to-day financial processing, including invoices, purchase orders, and bank reconciliations.
- Assisting the Academy Business Manager in monitoring the annual budget and preparing reports
- Being the Face of the School: Supporting our office team, greeting visitors, and being a calm, helpful point of contact for parents and pupils.
- Managing income “wraparound care” fees (after-school clubs), school trip payments, and dinner money
- Maintaining a clear workflow trail for year-end financial returns and internal audits.
- Managing the school’s main email account, answering phone calls from parents, and dealing with the occasional “lost jumper” or minor playground scrape that makes its way to the office.
Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Sandringham Primary School?
At Sandringham Primary School, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds to enable all our children to overcome barriers to learning and reach their full potential.
We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.
Our Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding.
Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer:
- Excellent career development
- Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children’s success across the curriculum and all aspects of school life
- The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
- Access to the most up-to-date training and development
- Auto enrollment into an excellent Local Government Pension scheme
- Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
- A highly committed and supportive Academy Governing Board and Trust Board of Directors
- An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
- An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing for staff and pupils
- Free access to a leading health and wellbeing support partner which includes 24 – hour GP appointments and a range of services including Physiotherapy, support for family issues, cancer support, medical advice and a range of wellbeing services
- Free flu jabs
At Exceed Learning Partnership, we have a strong culture of school improvement, and professional development is at the heart of the Trust and all its academies.
As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential skills and tools.
We are committed to providing the very best educational opportunities for the pupils of Sandringham Primary School and this is an exciting opportunity for you to join this team and ‘make a difference.’
Informal Communication and a visit to the academy are encouraged. We would love the opportunity to discuss the role in more detail and show you around the school on any of the following dates:
Wednesday 2 nd September
Monday 7 th September
Tuesday 8 th September
Monday 14 th September
Tuesday15th September
To arrange a visit please contact Lisa Clark, Academy Business Manager on 01302 361880 or by email to l.clark@elp.org.uk
Exceed Learning Partnership is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability.
The Directors and Governors of Exceed Learning Partnership are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a Children’s Barred List Check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure
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