Educational Visits & Activities Co-ordinator

Full time - 37 hours per week

Term Time Only plus 5 INSET days and 5 additional days to be worked in the school holidays

Grade JG5, SCP Range 12, £28,598 – £32,061 pa pro rata

Actual annual pro-rata salary - £25,667 - £28,775

The School

Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of nearly 400 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.

We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people’s key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.

We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.

Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of ‘Dream big, do your best, give back’, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to co-ordinate the school’s Educational Visits and Activities Week with support from other administrative staff. The successful candidate will be highly organised and an effective communicator. Your customer service skills with people at all levels and from a variety of backgrounds will need to be exemplary. You will need to be proficient, discrete and confidential in the management of data and personal information.

If you have the relevant experience, aptitude and motivation, and relish the challenge of a demanding role, we want to hear from you.

It is important that applicants recognise the safeguarding responsibilities that all adults in schools hold, and the checks that are needed to allow all adults in school communities to work there. The role will involve contact with students in the school, and the successful applicant will need to fully understand, and undertake regular training updates on, our safeguarding protocols and how to report on these if needed.

Criteria for Selection

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience gained through time employed in a similar administrative role
• Excellent customer service and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and manage priorities effectively
• Excellent attention to detail and outstanding organisational skills
• Good level of ICT skills and an ability to record and manipulate large volumes of data and information

To be considered for this position you must:

• Have a passion and 'can-do' attitude for supporting the school and its students
• Be inspired by a high-paced and dynamic working environment

Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.

Closing date: 23:59 Sunday 2nd November 2025

Interviews: Friday 7th November 2025

Early applications are encouraged. Gordano School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to identify an appropriate candidate.