Administration Apprenticeship in Southend-on-Sea at St George’s Catholic Primary School

Salary£15,392 / year
Work typeIn person
LocationSouthend-on-Sea
Job typeApprenticeship Jobs
Closes20 Sep 2026
LevelAdvanced
Starts28 Sep 2026
Hours37 a week
Duration1 Year 9 Months

Job description

Summary

This is a new exciting Apprenticeship opportunity, suitable for a school or college leaver or if you are ready to start your career within education. St George’s Catholic Primary School are seeking to recruit an Admin Apprentice who will assist the school in handling day-to-day office administration and Reception duties.

What you will do at work

The following are the core responsibilities of the Admin Apprentice.
There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks;   this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

  • To assist in all areas of administration, office and reception to
    support the smooth and safe running of the school
  • Use of ICT systems including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams
    and in-house systems to produce letters, mail merges,
    spreadsheets, presentations, communications to parents
  • Reception cover, including meeting and greeting visitors,
    answering the telephone, dealing with queries from staff,
    students and external customers and sorting and distributing
    post and deliveries
  • Setting up meeting rooms, including refreshments
  • Reprographics duties, including copying and distributing documents
  • Maintaining filing systems
  • Assisting with the general administration of the school as required.      • Dealing with staff and pupil enquiries as appropriate
  • Attending training courses as appropriate
  • These duties are not exhaustive and additional duties may be
    required to ensure the safe and smooth running of the school 

Training

4 days on the job training and working in school. 1 day per week studying for Apprenticeship with Training Provider. 

Requirements and skills

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Flexible
  • Sympathy
  • Work Under Pressure
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Qualifications

  • GCSE English (C/4) – essential
  • GCSE Maths (C/4) – essential

About this employer

St George’s Catholic Primary School is part of Assisi Catholic Trust
based in Shoeburyness.
We are a Catholic School but applications are equally welcome from
non-Catholics who support our Catholic ethos.

After this apprenticeship

The Trust has a very successful record with its apprenticeship-training
package and although not guaranteed, many apprentices have gained
permanent employment at the end of their training.

Things to consider

All posts are subject to pre-employment checks and Enhanced DBS clearance. References will be sought and an online search carried out on applicants as part of our due diligence.

Before a formal offer of employment is made, the school’s application form must be completed.

Employer

St George's Catholic Primary School

Listed via Find an Apprenticeship

Training provider

Training provider
Essex County Council
Training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Working pattern
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm (inc. 30 minutes unpaid lunch break).4 days per week in school and one day per week with Training Provider. Term time only plus INSET days.

Published by the employer on Find an apprenticeship, the government vacancy service.

Location

Eagle Way
Shoeburyness
Southend-on-Sea, East of England
SS3 9RN
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