Are you a wizard with numbers and a natural people person? Do you thrive in a busy, friendly office environment? The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Carr Lodge Academy are looking to appoint a Finance and Administration Assistant to cover maternity leave from 4th May 2026 to 30th April 2027.
Carr Lodge Academy is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 10 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, The Mallard Academy and Willow Primary School
What the job will involve:
- Handling day-to-day financial processing, including invoices, purchase orders, and bank reconciliations.
- Assisting the Academy Business Manager in monitoring the annual budget and preparing reports
- Being the Face of the School: Supporting our office team, greeting visitors, and being a calm, helpful point of contact for parents and pupils.
- Managing income "wraparound care" fees (after-school clubs), school trip payments, and dinner money
- Maintaining a clear workflow trail for year-end financial returns and internal audits.
- Managing the school’s main email account, answering phone calls from parents, and dealing with the occasional "lost jumper" or minor playground scrape that makes its way to the office.
Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Carr Lodge Academy?
At Carr Lodge Academy, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds to enable all our children to overcome barriers to learning and reach their full potential.
We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.
Our Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding.
Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer:
- Excellent career development
- Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children’s success across the curriculum and all aspects of school life
- The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
- Access to the most up-to-date training and development
- Auto enrollment into an excellent Local Government Pension scheme
- Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
- A highly committed and supportive Academy Governing Board and Trust Board of Directors
- An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
- An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing for staff and pupils
- Free access to a leading health and wellbeing support partner which includes 24 - hour GP appointments and a range of services including Physiotherapy, support for family issues, cancer support, medical advice and a range of wellbeing services
- Free flu jabs
At Exceed Learning Partnership, we have a strong culture of school improvement, and professional development is at the heart of the Trust and all its academies.
As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential skills and tools. We are committed to providing the very best educational opportunities for the pupils of Carr Lodge Academy and this is an exciting opportunity for you to join this team and ‘make a difference.’
Informal Communication and a visit to the academy is advised. We will be happy for you to come and see our academy in action. To arrange a visit please contact Jane Slee Karim, Academy Business Manager on 01302 230700 or by email to j.sleekarim@elp.org.uk
Exceed Learning Partnership is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability.
The Directors and Governors of Exceed Learning Partnership are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a Children’s Barred List Check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure
If you have not heard from us within three days of the shortlisting date, then unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.