Business Administration Apprentice

Join Bullion Lane Primary School as an Administrative Assistant Apprentice, providing essential support to the school office. Develop your administration, communication and IT skills while helping staff, pupils, parents and visitors in a busy school environment.

Main Description

Bullion Lane Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic and organised Administrative Assistant Apprentice to join its school office team. Working under the guidance of senior staff, you will help provide an effective administrative, clerical and secretarial service to support the smooth day-to-day running of the school.

You will work closely with the School Business Manager, the Senior Leadership Team, teaching staff, support staff, parents and external agencies. This is an opportunity to gain valuable practical experience in a school environment while developing your administrative and customer service skills.

Your duties will include:

Welcoming visitors to the school, answering telephone calls and responding to face-to-face enquiries.

Supporting the administration of breakfast club, including receiving payments and maintaining accurate records.

Assisting with general HR administration, including preparing recruitment paperwork.

Using school IT systems, including SIMS, alongside word-processing and database packages.

Providing clerical support to teachers and the school leadership team, including photocopying, filing and preparing documents.

Preparing and completing paperwork, lists, returns and other administrative documentation.

Monitoring and reporting pupil absences.

Maintaining accurate and up-to-date school records and databases.

Helping distribute, collect and follow up forms requiring information from parents and carers.

Recording monies received for breakfast club, school clubs, charities and other activities.

Maintaining accident records where required.

Following school policies and procedures, including visitor signing-in processes, behaviour, health and safety and safeguarding requirements.

Supporting the school's response to emergency situations when required.

You will also be expected to participate in training and development opportunities and contribute positively to the wider school community.

• Training

  The successful candidate will work towards the Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard, at New College Durham.

  Training will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work effectively in an administrative role, including:

• Skills Required

  Attention to detail, Customer care skills, Administrative skills, Team working, Organisation skills

• Employer Description

   

  Welcome to Bullion Lane Primary School website. Our school provides a safe, exciting and challenging learning environment where every child is encouraged to aim high, and be the best that they can be.

  We are delighted to have been recognised by Ofsted as a ‘GOOD’ school with many outstanding features. View the full Ofsted report on our website. We hope that the information and content on this site will give you an overview into the life and work of our school.

23/10/2026

The successful candidate will work towards the Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard, at New College Durham.

Training will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work effectively in an administrative role, including:

Attention to detail, Customer care skills, Administrative skills, Team working, Organisation skills Chester-Le-Street, Co Durham DH2 2DP Bullion Lane Chester-Le-Street, Co Durham Bullion Lane Primary School