Admissions Officer and Clerical Assistant - The Buckingham School

Location: Buckingham

Overview

Term time only: Yes

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 4 (£31,424 to £33,735 FTE) Actual Salary (£28,460 to £30,553)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 37 hrs per week, Monday-Thursday 07:45-16:15 and Friday 07:45-15:45 (42 weeks per year, including Inset and 3 additional week)

Closing date: 02/11/2026

Interviews to be held: Friday 6th November

About us

The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.

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About the role

The Buckingham School seeks to appoint an outstanding individual with excellent communication and organisation skills, to manage and implement the school's admissions process, and provide clerical assistance for all school's trips and visits. The Successful candidate will network with a team across the school to deliver on the different aspects of this role, so a key player is essential. You will also provide additional support when required for our school reception.

You will need to be someone who:

• Interacts well with young people and a good team member
• Communicates clearly and has excellent organisational skills
• Personable and approachable
• Well presented
• SIMs database knowledge would be desirable

In return, we will offer you:

• A professional and supportive team
• A personalised approach to continuing professional development
• A role in a school that has a clear vision
• A supportive and inclusive staff environment

Please see attached Job description for further information.

Other information

Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school's website

Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Matt Wardle, Interim Head of School, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected].

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

*All unspent convictions and conditional cautions

*All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Salary

See advert for detail

Reference number

BUC15676

Contract type

Permanent

Working hours

Full Time

Level of DBS check required

Enhanced with Barred List

Date posted

18 Oct 2026, 11 p.m.

Application deadline

2 Nov 2026

Interview date

6 Nov 2026