Account Assistant Level 2 or Level 3 Apprenticeship - The King's School

THE KING'S SCHOOL OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY (CT1 2ES)

Closes in 19 days (Monday 29 September 2025)

Posted on 9 September 2025

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Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join The Kings School. As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice, we are looking for someone to study AAT - either level 2 or level 3. The purpose of the role is to provide support to the Finance Manager and the finance team, providing an efficient service to the school.

Wage

£15,186 a year

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Increases to NMW after 12 months

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday- Friday 8:30am- 5:00pm (1 hour lunch break)

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 2025

Duration

1 year 5 months

Positions available

1

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

During your time as an Accounts Assistant Apprentice your role will be varied and will include processing purchase orders through the online portal, ensuring that budget holder queries are dealt with so that order processing is not delayed. You will be supported by the internal finance team. Your day-to-day duties will include:

  • Processing purchase invoices on to the finance database ensuring complete and accurate records of all transactions are maintained
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Processing payments, expenses and refunds relating to trips and monthly reconciliations of balance sheet trip accounts
  • Providing support and assistance for the Purchase Ledger Administrator with processing of purchase ledger invoices and staff expenses
  • To provide support and assistance to the Fees Ledger Manager with the processing of Sales Invoices, Extras, Deposits and Wisepay transactions
  • To administer the Box Office receipts and accounting
  • To maintain the financial recharges for the Recreation Centre
  • To assist with processing Barclaycard transactions through the finance system
  • To record and monitor internal re-charges of materials and staff costs in respect of activities including catering and the School Press
  • To support with preparation of daily banking of cash/cheques, issuing of petty cash and foreign currencies alongside reporting and monitoring of the school’s Caxton cards and updating the schedule of Council Tax and Business Rates
  • To assist with the monitoring of utility charges, including water, gas and electricity
  • To assist the Fees Ledger Manager with the bill run process
  • Daily banking
  • To sort and distribute department post on a daily basis alongside monitoring of departmental email inboxes
  • General administrative duties e.g. scanning and filing
  • Checking and responding to telephone/email enquires
  • Any other ad-hoc duties as required

Where you'll work

THE KINGS SCHOOL
BURSARS OFFICE
25 THE PRECINCTS
CANTERBURY
CT1 2ES

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Training schedule

Apprenticeship Details – 17 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 2 Accounts Assistant Qualification.

20 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Accounts Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider).

More training information

20% off the job training, no classroom or college days!

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above (Level 2))
  • Maths (grade 4 or above (Level 2))

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this employer

We began as the monastic school of Canterbury Cathedral and you can almost feel the centuries of accumulated knowledge and studious endeavour all around you. 1400 years on, our three schools are inspired, not constrained by this illustrious and unmatched history, and as the original educational pioneers we look to the future and to the world for which we are preparing our young people. At their heart, each of our communities cherishes the individual, supporting each individual pupil as part of our diverse and remarkably inclusive whole. It is this which enables our children to find their place, and to flourish. A King’s education is one which enables pupils to find their passions and to illuminate their path, and equips them with the skills and confidence which they will need to thrive in a fast-moving and ever-changing world. Our pupils emerge with the self-confidence, self-awareness, resilience, and open-mindedness required to face the challenges and to seize the opportunities of their futures, alongside a desire to make a positive contribution: at King’s, and beyond.

After this apprenticeship

  • Completion of the Level 2 or 3 qualification and potentially a full time role afterwards

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

MISS CHARLIE SEAMAN

charlie.seaman@lmpeducation.org

02038364440

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341180.

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Closes in 19 days (Monday 29 September 2025)

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