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Administrators are responsible for providing administrative support for an office or department within a school. They play a crucial role in the day-to-day life of a school by providing a wide range of administrative support to keep everything running as smoothly as possible.

What’s involved

An administrator's role depends on whether it’s a small primary school or a large secondary school, for example, where duties will be divided up between a team. But expect the role to cover the following:
• welcoming visitors to the school and dealing with their enquiries
• answering the phone
• administration relating to pupil attendance
• managing email/post
• using IT systems to draft letters, emails, reports, newsletters
• monitoring school supplies
• keeping financial records
• keeping paper and electronic records up to date
• using reprographic equipment
• ordering resources, paying invoices and banking cash
• sending key educational data about the school to the Department of Education or equivalent

Skills and experience you will need

• excellent spoken and written communication skills
• methodical and well-organised
• able to work accurately and pay attention to detail
• confidence with figures
• good ICT skills
• able to relate well with pupils, teachers and parents
• able to prioritise work
• sensitivity and understanding
• to be flexible and open to change
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail

Entry requirements

It is up to schools and local authorities (LAs) to decide what qualifications and experience applicants need to have, so it is important to check locally. Some may employ people on the basis of their experience and potential alone. Others may require a qualification, such as in English and maths.

The following qualification is available for those not yet employed in the role:
• Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools

Finance officers often act as line managers to accounting or finance assistants and can work across one or more schools with various school staff.

What’s involved

Finance officers will have oversight of the basic accountancy functions at the school such as:
• Contributing to the development and maintenance of financial systems and processes
• Production and analysis of figures for the accountants for departmental heads
• Auditing accounts
• Invoices
• Expenses claims
• Payroll

Skills and experience you will need

• Accounting and finance
• Good communication (both written and spoken) and interpersonal skills
• Organisational and time management skills
• Budget management

Entry Requirements

It is up to schools and local authorities (LAs) to decide what qualifications and experience applicants need to have, so it is important to check locally. Some may employ people on the basis of their experience and potential alone. Others may require a qualification.

The following qualification is available for those not yet employed in the role:
• Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools

You’ll often need GCSEs, including maths and English. A levels in maths, business studies or economics may also be useful.

Site managers or caretakers play a vital role in schools being responsible for the maintenance and security of school buildings. They often take over the management of frontline caretaking, cleaning and security. You could also be employed as a mobile caretaker, responsible for several different sites.

What’s involved

The brief of site manager or a caretaker can vary widely depending on the size of the school, but often includes some or all of the following:
• Setting the priorities for maintenance and repairs
• Carrying out basic repairs
• Managing access to the premises and maintaining security
• Cleaning or supervising cleaning
• Planning site use and development
• Championing health and safety around the school, and supervising external contractors
• Managing site staff

Skills and experience you will need

Premises managers need to:
• Be able to work flexibly
• Have basic DIY skills
• Be reasonably fit to cope with the lifting and carrying involved

Entry requirements
It's unusual for schools to demand particular academic qualifications when advertising premises manager posts, but they may offer short, off-the-job training courses (eg, first aid, health and safety).

The following qualification is available for those not yet employed in the role:
• Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools

School cooks provide nutritious, balanced and value-for-money meals to children every day in term time.

What’s involved

The role of school cook / catering manager could include:
• Ordering food
• Planning menus according to a fixed budget and following guidelines on nutrition and healthy eating
• Monitoring and managing supplies within a budget
• Supervising the work of catering staff, including allocation of duties and work rotas
• Developing relationships with food suppliers
• Liaising with site manager
• Complying with food safety legislation

Skills and experience you will need

• Excellent communication skills
• Good standards of hygiene
• Organised and methodical
• Experience of catering
• Supervising a team of catering staff

Entry requirements

It is up to schools and local authorities to decide what qualifications and experience applicants need to have, so it is important to check locally. Some may employ people on the basis of their experience and potential alone.

Schools usually expect cooks to have a qualification in Food Preparation and Cooking. It can often help if you have further qualifications in Kitchen Supervision or Kitchen Management.

Early years practitioners are also known as nursery nurses. They are specialists who look after the social and educational development of babies and young children up to the age of five years old.

What's involved

The role of a nursery nurse would include the following duties:
• Reading stories and helping children learn number skills
• Helping children to learn number skills, e.g. using counting games
• Observe children's progress and keep records to share with parents
• Working to Early Years Foundation Stage standards on child learning
• Making sure children are safe and reporting any concerns
• Feeding and changing babies, and supervising meals of older children

Skills and experience you’ll need
• Enjoy being around young children
• An interest in child development
• Imagination and creativity
• Patience and enthusiasm
• A caring and kind nature
• Willingness to be part of a team

Entry requirements

Often nursery nurses start their career by working as a nursery assistant under the supervision of more experienced staff.

To become a qualified nursery nurse, a Level 2 or Level 3 childcare qualification is valid if you completed it before September 2014. Examples include Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People's Workforce, Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce or Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce.

If you don't already have such a qualification, you will need to complete a Level 3 early years educator award which have been available since September 2014. Examples include:
• Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
• Level 3 Diploma in Children's Learning and Development
• Level 3 Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy - Birth to Seven

Early years teachers, also known as nursery teachers, are specialists in early childhood and children’s development. They work with children up to the age of 5 in a nursery. Together with practitioners and the nursery manager, they contribute to the learning and social development of the children they are responsible for.

What’s Involved

• Stimulating children’s learning abilities, often through experiences
• Contributing to the development of a child’s personal, social, language and physical coordination abilities
• Producing teaching resources
• Keeping an eye on each child’s progress, assessing and recording their improvements
• Instilling children with natural curiosity and knowledge
• Communicating with parents
• Keeping up to date with the curriculum and best practices

Skills and experience you’ll need

• Creativity in finding ways to teach
• A blend of authoritativeness and patience
• An understanding of how children from 0 to 5 years old learn and what encourages their development
• An ability to inspire and enthuse children
• An energetic, resourceful and naturally caring nature
• Good listening and tremendous communication skills
• Stamina and an ability to keep up with children’s energy levels
• A good sense of humour

Entry requirements

To train as an early years teacher, candidates need at minimum a GCSE C grade or equivalent in English, maths and science. To be able to work as an early years teacher, Early Years Teacher Status, also called EYTS, is required. Candidates will have to meet the teacher’s standards by completing a training course.

Teaching assistants support teachers and help children with their educational and social development, both in and out of the classroom. In secondary schools, teaching assistants are often known as learning support assistants.

What’s involved

The roles and responsibilities of teaching assistants are varied and differ between schools. Your job can include:
• getting the classroom ready for lessons
• listening to children read, reading to them or telling them stories
• helping children who need extra support to complete tasks
• helping teachers to plan learning activities and complete records
• supporting teachers in managing class behaviour
• supervising group activities
• looking after children who are upset or have had accidents
• clearing away materials and equipment after lessons
• helping with outings and sports events
• taking part in training
• carrying out administrative tasks

To support pupils with particular individual needs, some teaching assistants work one-to-one, while others work in small groups. Many schools employ teaching assistants with particular specialisms, including literacy, numeracy, special educational needs (SEN), music and creative arts. If you are bilingual, you might do more work with children whose first language is not English.

Skills and experience you’ll need

• An ability to build good working relationships with both pupils and adults
• Good organisational skills
• Flexibility and creativity
• Enjoy working with children
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to manage groups of pupils and deal with challenging behaviour
• Patience and a sense of humour
• In some jobs it could be useful if you have IT skills or are fluent in local community languages

Entry requirements

Individual schools set their own entry requirements and decide which qualifications and experience they need. You can get an idea of what you're likely to need by looking at jobs advertised locally. Many will require you to have qualifications in literacy and numeracy at GCSE or equivalent. Previous qualifications in nursery work, childcare, play work or youth work can be useful for finding work.

The following qualifications are available for those not yet employed in the role:
• Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools
• Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

Primary school teachers are responsible for the educational, social and emotional development of children between the ages of 3 and 11.

What’s involved

• prepare teaching materials, set up the classroom and organise displays
• plan and teach lessons and work with small groups of students
• mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children's progress
• manage the work of teaching assistants
• follow safeguarding procedures and work with education psychologists and social workers
• organise trips, after school clubs and sports events
• work and attend meetings and training outside of usual working hours

Skills and experience you’ll need

• knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• sensitivity and understanding
• the ability to create the best conditions for learning or teaching new things
• the ability to work well with others
• to be flexible and open to change
• knowledge of English language
• maths knowledge
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• to be able to use a computer and the main software packages confidently

Entry Requirements

You'll usually need:
• 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English, maths and science
• 2 to 3 A levels, or equivalent, for a degree
• a degree in any subject for a postgraduate course