Accounts Administrator Apprentice
DE ASTON SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Lincolnshire (LN8 3RF)
Closes in 2 days (Friday 2 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 September 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our small finance team within our Secondary School, to provide a professional and efficient service, working alongside the Finance Manager to ensure all day-to-day operations run smoothly by completing all administrative tasks in a timely manner.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm (30 minutes for lunch, times can be negotiated).
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Raise purchase orders ensuring they are approved by the appropriate budget holder.
- Receive and process invoices, ensuring that the goods and services have been received and the expenditure has been approved.
- Prepare the weekly payment runs (BACS).
- Raise invoices to outside bodies for charges relating to school business and post income.
- Receive and check all statements from suppliers.
- Assist colleagues in booking transport and maintaining records for school trips.
- Reconcile and collate paperwork for the monthly school credit card account.
- Deal with relevant telephone and email enquiries.
- Prepare month end reconciliations.
Where you'll work
De Aston School
Willingham Road
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN8 3RF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Training will be at North Lindsey College/ Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release.
You will undertake the Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 standard.
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if needed.
You will undertake both on and off the job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
About this employer
De Aston School is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in the rural town of Market Rasen. The School has around 900 students and 120 staff.
https://deastonschool.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Katie Westfield
katie.westfield@dncolleges.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055218.
Apply now
Closes in 2 days (Friday 2 October 2026 at 11:59pm)