Job Description

The Kingsway School

Stockport
30,559 - 32,654 per year

Salary:

Grade 6 point 18-22 FTE 30,559- 32,654 (Pro rata 26,724-28,556)

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

06 October 2025

Apply by:

19 August 2025

Job overview

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Job Advertisement: Office Manager

Contract type: Term Time + 1 weeks, permanent

Location: The Kingsway School, Gatley

Required from: September 2025

Salary: Grade 6 point 18-22 FTE 30,559- 32,654 (Pro rata 26,724-28,556)

Closing date: Tuesday 19th August 2025

Interview date: W/C 1st September 2025

Details of the Role

Are you a highly organised, proactive, and people-focused professional looking to make a real difference in a school setting?

The Kingsway School are seeking a dedicated and experienced Office Manager to lead our busy school office and ensure the smooth and efficient running of all administrative and operational functions.

This is a key role within our school, supporting staff, pupils, parents, and senior leaders while managing the daily logistics that keep our school running smoothly.


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Key Responsibilities:Manage the day-to-day running of the school office, ensuring a welcoming and efficient environment
Line-manage office staff and oversee their workload and performance
Lead on key administrative areas including admissions, school trips administration, ParentPay and FSM.
Act as a key point of contact for parents, visitors, contractors, and the wider school community
Work closely with the Headteacher and SLT on operational planning, diary management, and communication


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What We're Looking For:Previous experience in office or business management (school experience highly desirable)
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Strong IT skills and experience using school management systems (e.g. SIMS, Arbor, or equivalent)
A calm, professional manner with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands
A strong understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality
A flexible, can-do attitude and commitment to the values of our school community


Please return applications to: recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk





For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the job description and person specification.

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
Opportunities for professional development and leadership
A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.

All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Education Learning Trust. Registered address: Hawthorn Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4NB. A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number: 09142319)

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.'

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Child protection policy
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The Kingsway School

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The Kingsway School

Foxland Road, Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 4QX
United Kingdom

+44 161 4287706

About The Kingsway School

The Kingsway School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is a specialist school in mathematics, computing, science and training. At its most recent inspection, there were 1,468 students enrolled, aged 11-16.



There are six houses at The Kingsway School, named for famous figures in British history: Turing, Lowry, Gaskell, Pankhurst, Whitworth and Rylands. The secondary school's motto translates from Latin as "turning potential into reality". The school is accessible via the M56 and M60 motorways and is a five-minute walk from a train station.



A number of our staff benefit from an onsite private nursery provision provided by Busy Bees. This is based within the school grounds on the Broadway Campus.

Headteacher

Ms Anna Fowler

Values and vision

The Kingsway School takes great pride in the achievements of students and the successful, responsible and respectful citizens of the future they become. The school ethos is influenced by three key words: opportunity, achievement and respect. The secondary school is a happy place that receives positive feedback from families about how well it cares and caters for the needs of children.



The Kingsway School has a sustained focus on learning and provides an inspiring curriculum for the lifelong learners of tomorrow. It also offers a varied and engaging programme of extra-curricular activities. The school has a long-established reputation for excellence in music, offering tuition for all abilities, plus choirs, orchestras and musical productions.

Ofsted report

"Where learning is very rapid as the result of outstanding teaching, lessons move along at a fast pace with high levels of challenge that really make students think deeply. Students relish the challenging work and tackle problems with real determination. They enjoy working on their own and finding things out for themselves, only relying on the teacher to steer them in the right direction when necessary."

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