Administrator

at  LeighAcademiesTrust

Are you seeking a new opportunity to join a highly successful comprehensive school committed to providing an outstanding education of excellence for all? Are you a well-qualified, experienced and enthusiastic Administrator, with high aspirations and expectations of yourself and others? The Halley Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and hard-working Administrator to join us from September 2024.
The successful candidate will have previous experience in developing and maintaining administrative systems and processes as well as exceptional verbal and written communication skills . A keen eye for detail is a must, particularly with the use of grammar and spelling. You will be proactive, use your initiative, work flexibly, and be adept at building positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Previous experience in an education environment and a working knowledge of BromCom would be advantageous. Teamwork is central to this role and it is a shared desire to support staff and students.

We pride ourselves on having a diverse and dynamic staffing body of committed, creative and hardworking support staff who enjoy coming to work as they benefit from:

• A committed, supportive and successful team.
• Encouragement for professional development, innovation and creativity.
• Opportunities to collaborate with, and learn from, colleagues across the Leigh Academies he successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

As a member of the administrative team, the Administrator will be expected to work across the full range of administrative support requirements needed in a busy and diverse school office environment. Examples of which are as follows but not exhaustive:

• to assist with senior management requirements promptly
• to input data onto BromCom
• to answer and respond accordingly to phone calls and emails
• to carry out reception duties when the receptionist is on her lunch break ensuring queries are swiftly redirected to the correct member of staff
• to be responsible for departmental photocopying and ordering stationery
• to produce letters, reports and other notes and correspondence as required, using a variety of software applications including email and mail merge
• to provide office support under the management of the Administrative Manager who will prioritise and allocate tasks/pieces of work
• to undertake first aid training and provide first aid support as required, carry out first aid equipment checks
• to run and administer our student stationery shop
• to keep up to date with all the policies and procedures of the school as they impact on this post or as they impact all employment matters
• Experience in using up-to-date Information and Communication Technology systems such as Google, including MS Word and Excel
• Are willing to be flexible in the tasks undertaken.

The post is a full-time position, 35 hours per week, 52 weeks a year. During term time, the start time for this role will be 7.45am.
Working with us at The Halley Academy: I am delighted to welcome you to The Halley Academy. We are an aspirational, disciplined and inclusive academy where human-scale education, a dynamic curriculum, and excellent teaching and pastoral care, maximise student achievement.
Our core values - respect, achievement, collaboration, integrity and resilience - permeate everything we do. We believe in the potential of every student. We champion the highest outcomes for all young people. Our staff are driven by the belief that education can transform our students’ lives. We take our role as educators seriously and sincerely - we know that the culture of our academy affects the character of our students, which in turn shapes the culture of our society.
It is for this reason why we are so proud to be a caring community where everybody feels empowered and supported to be the best version of themselves. Students are inspired to work hard, play an active role with the world around them, and to achieve more than they thought possible. Safeguarding is of paramount importance; our students are happy, safe and successful in our care.
We build strong partnerships with parents and carers, working closely together to ensure all students enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding education. Our teachers lead with professionalism and scholarship; they are experts in their field and love sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for their subject with their classes. All of us are part of a warm and compassionate family of staff, Governors and Trust colleagues who have boundless ambitions for those we work with and a deep commitment to learning and self-improvement. We know that working with children every day is the best job in the world.

The Halley Academy has a diverse and dynamic staffing body of committed, creative and hardworking educators who enjoy coming to work as they benefit from:

• A calm, organised and professional learning environment;
• An academy culture that is committed to the holistic development of children;
• Evidenced-based teaching and learning policies rooted in the strongest possible evidence about how children learn best;
• A clear and consistent behaviour policy which ensures that disruption to learning is minimal;
• A visible and approachable leadership team;
• A comprehensive weekly CPD programme that supports all staff in their academic and pastoral roles;
• Opportunities to collaborate with, and learn from, colleagues across the Leigh Academies Trust.

Our ambitious world-class curriculum delivers an education of excellence for all. The Halley Academy has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 2019. We are committed to students engaging deeply and comprehensively with both substantive and disciplinary knowledge so that they achieve strong outcomes throughout each phase of the curriculum: the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in Years 7, 8 and 9; a two year Key Stage 4 where students study a range of GCSE and vocational qualifications in Years 10 and 11; and the International Baccalaureate Careers Programme (IBCP) and T Level programme in our Sixth Form.
We have enjoyed unprecedented investment and refurbishment as part of joining Leigh Academies Trust, providing excellent learning facilities in an historic listed building which has real character and charm. All students at The Halley Academy are given access to a personal Chromebook, which they use every day in lessons and at home to support their learning. All physical classrooms have a corresponding virtual classroom, and all teaching staff have Google Educator certification so that technology can enhance the learning experiences of students. With considerable investment from the Tallow Chandlers Livery Company, our new Engineering and Design Centre opened in June 2022. Students and staff also benefit from a modern sports complex on our 16 acre site and a number of cutting edge science laboratories. Construction has also commenced this January on our state-of-the-art visual and performing arts centre, to be completed in Spring 2024.
We know that happy and supported students will be successful and engaged in their learning. This is why students between Years 7-11 join one of our three small school communities - Easley, Franklin or Turing - each with a team of staff dedicated to helping them surpass their potential. Our fourth small school - Hawking - offers bespoke academic and pastoral support to our Sixth Formers.
Our curriculum is rich and dynamic because it invests deeply in the holistic development of our students. We offer a wide range of enriching extracurricular clubs both before and after school. We maximise opportunities for learning outside of the classroom through trips, visits from outside speakers, Cultural Capital Days and careers guidance that opens our students’ minds to the possibilities and opportunities in the world around them. Our Values programme and Global Citizenship lessons help develop the global mindedness of our students, whilst IT classes ensure that they can use technology safely and responsibly.
This is an exciting time for colleagues to be joining our Academy community. Our first cohort of Halley Academy students achieved the best ever GCSE results in the school’s history in August 2023. We’re immensely proud to now be one of the top performing mixed comprehensive schools in Greenwich, and we were celebrated in Schools Week magazine as the third most improved school in the country for the progress of disadvantaged pupils, compared with pre-pandemic performance. Our Year 13 cohorts have a consistent track record of outperforming international averages in the IBCP programme, and we are becoming oversubscribed in many Key Stage 3 year groups.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 20,000 students and employing 3,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider.
Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

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