Sixth Form Apprentice Administrator
The Canterbury Academy
Kent (CT2 8QA)
Closes in 17 days (Thursday 6 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 October 2025
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Summary
A fantastic opportunity to work at The Canterbury Academy, to maintain a comprehensive attendance administration support service to the Sixth Form Leadership Team. To assist in improving attendance rates, reduce student absence and engage with families to support them in achieving the Ethos and Vision of The Canterbury Academy.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 24 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- To triage communication from parents and students’ day to day and provide daily support to students with questions and queries from the sixth form reception.
- To provide a highly efficient and effective administration support to The Sixth Form Leadership Team.
- Accurately record and monitor registers on a lesson by lesson basis each day and monitor the pupil’s attendance, highlighting absences and following the necessary actions.
- Producing attendance data as required
- Populating attendance letters to go home to parents
- Liaising with parents on attendance issues as directed by The Sixth Form Leadership Team
- Proving any additional administration support to the Academy as and when required
- Updating the Sixth Form attendance data on a termly basis, including following the necessary actions
- To contribute to the enrolment process, and lead on the student trial periods to ensure that students are on the right courses
Where you'll work
Knight Avenue
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 8QA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EKC GROUP
Training course
Business administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- 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.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
The Canterbury Academy Trust consists of ‘schools for all the talents’. Our key beliefs which underpin and drive all we do are simple. We believe that every learner matters and that every child is good at something – that all children walk with genius – and that school should be the place where children discover and build upon their own individual talents. We believe in the comprehensive ideal. We believe that all talents should be valued. We believe that academic excellence is important but that there are also other important things. We believe that art, music, drama, sport, practical skills, being a good person, caring for and working with others are all valuable. We believe in teamwork and that all our students should have pride in themselves and their contribution to their school. Our aim is to provide ‘as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible’. We believe that education and learning can be fun. At the end of their time with us we aim for all our students to leave as happy, positive, confident individuals, proud of what they have achieved, prepared to be life-long learners and ready to play an active and constructive part in society.
https://canterbury.kent.sch.uk/the-canterbury-academy/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
This could lead to a permanent position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EKC GROUP
Blue Vinall
blue.vinall@eastkent.ac.uk
01227 811315
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346921.
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Closes in 17 days (Thursday 6 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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