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Business Administrator Apprenticeship
Summary
As an Apprentice Administration Assistant you will provide administrative support to the school in close collaboration with other support staff. Wage £15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age. The successful candidate will automatically be enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme. The Trust will make contributions of 18.9% of salary.
Training
Course: Business administrator (level 3)
Hours: 37 hours per week. Term time + 5 days. Monday – Thursday, 8.00am - 4.00pm. Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm. ½ hour lunch break. 37 hours a week.
Start date: Monday 19 October 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1
Training provider: DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Training schedule: Training will take place fully in the workplace.
What you'll learn:
Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to:
- Write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data.
- Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages.
- Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem.
- Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals.
- Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management.
- Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work.
- Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures.
- Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement.
- Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way.
- Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation.
- Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately.
- Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms.
- Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively.
- Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately.
- Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately.
- Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard.
- Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work.
- Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements.
- Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly.
- Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines.
- Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace.
- Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation).
- Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities.
- Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate.
- Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report.
- Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects.
- Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
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Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work:
- Create and maintain records
- Organise and minute meetings, responding to and answering inquiries including by letter
- Maintain office systems and diaries, etc.
- Ensure that office machinery, stationery and other office consumables (including basic maintenance of equipment) are ordered in accordance with purchasing procedures.
- Respond to enquiries, verbally and in writing, arising from a variety of sources and decide on subsequent action.
- Manage manual and computerised records and information systems, in order to maintain a comprehensive, up to date paper and electronic filing and information system, using standard reports, various software and respond to ad hoc queries, where appropriate.
- This may include setting up of layouts of documents, flow charts, diagrams, tables and basic analysis of data such as attendance figures and exam results.
- Collate pupils reports as required.
- Assist in the training of, demonstration of duties to, and giving support to staff and volunteers.
- Collecting, accounting for, reconciling and security of petty cash, dinner money, school fund and/or other amounts of cash/expenditure, etc in accordance with Financial Regulations
- Liaise with staff, pupils and parents as appropriate to meet the requirements of the school including the provision of reception service, arranging events, work experience and administering cover for absent teachers.
- To promote and implement the School’s Equality Policy in all aspects of employment and service delivery.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people s/he is responsible for or comes into contact with.
- To assist in maintaining a healthy, safe and secure environment and to act in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures.
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Where you'll work:
St Cuthbert S Catholic High School, Gretna Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 7PX
Requirements
Essential qualifications:
- GCSE in: 4 Subjects (inc. maths & English) (grade 4/C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.
Skills:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
Other requirements:
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Two references from current and previous employers (or education establishment if applicant not in employment)
Bishop Bewick Application form must be completed and sent to Trust
BBCET’s standard application form refers to Faith and links to the Church. It is not a requirement for applicants to be a practicing Catholic, however we expect that they respect the Catholic ethos of BBCET.
About this employer
Our Trust is a family of 39 Roman Catholic schools across Newcastle, North Tyneside & Northumberland. We have a shared vision to ensure that all the children in our schools experience the best education possible.
St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School wishes to appoint an Apprentice Administration Assistant to provide administrative support in their welcoming & friendly school.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions. You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
Although a permanent position cannot be guaranteed, candidates who have successfully completed their apprenticeship would be actively encouraged to apply for any appropriate vacancies as they arise across the Trust’s 39 schools.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is: DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055758.
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Closes in 7 days (Monday 12 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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