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At Outcomes First Group, we believe in better work/life balance — and we’re putting wellbeing first.

That’s why we’re proud to be part of a 4-Day Working Week (4DWW) trial, where you can work one day less each week (or equivalent hours), while still receiving your full-time pay.

Many of our schools have already introduced the 4DWW — and others are preparing to roll it out as soon as they reach full staffing. So whether it’s already in place or just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to join #teamOFG.

Job Title: Education Administrator

Location: Underley Garden School, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2DZ

Salary: £27,560.00 per annum (Not pro rata)

Hours: 40 hours per week | Monday to Friday | 8am - 4pm

Contract: Fixed Term, Full Time

Start Date: December 2026

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Are you organised, detail-focused, and ready to make a real impact? As part of Options Autism’s continued growth, we’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for an Education Administrator to join our close-knit, passionate team at Underley Garden School — a specialist SEN setting where every day brings new challenges and rewards.

About the Role

Step into a key role that keeps our school running smoothly and efficiently. You’ll be the heartbeat of our busy SEN environment, providing vital administrative support to staff and managers, managing essential records, coordinating communications, and ensuring a warm, professional welcome for students, parents, and visitors alike.

No two days will be the same as you balance a variety of tasks — from responding to urgent requests, supporting both teaching and support staff, to maintaining high standards of organisation, accuracy, and confidentiality. Your contribution will directly support the safe, nurturing environment where every student can flourish.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing and maintaining accurate, confidential records
• Coordinating effective communication between staff, families, and external partners
• Handling a diverse range of administrative tasks that keep daily operations on track
• Supporting staff with urgent requests and helping the school deliver a seamless experience
• Creating a welcoming, professional environment for all visitors and school community members
• Playing a vital role in upholding the school’s high standards for organisation and confidentiality

Who We’re Looking For

• Experienced in administration, with solid knowledge of relevant practices and software
• Confident working both independently and collaboratively within a busy team
• Excellent communicator, comfortable drafting letters, memos, and handling sensitive information
• Organised and efficient with strong time management skills and the ability to juggle priorities under pressure
• Tech-savvy with good IT skills to support daily administrative functions
• Adaptable, reliable, and committed to supporting the wellbeing and success of our students

About Us

Underley Garden School is a large school with small class sizes, focusing on pupils, aged 5-19, who have a range of complex needs associated with autism and learning disabilities, including complex communication, sensory and behavioural needs associated with their disabilities.

Our School adopts a holistic, person-centred approach to the development of our pupils and endeavours to ensure that they achieve as high a standard as possible. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of education, care and therapy to meet the individual requirements of students with complex special educational needs.

At Underley Garden, we aim to make a positive difference to the personal, social and learning lives of the people entrusted to our care.

Located near the market town of Kirkby Lonsdale on the edge of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales in a commutable distance of Lancaster, Cumbria and surrounding areas.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Options Autism?

We place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

Additional School Benefits

• Birthday Chocolates
• Gift Voucher at Christmas
• Medicash Wellbeing Health Expenses including Employee Assistance Programme and Anytime Healthline
• Team Building Days
• 'Go Green Initiative' - Every staff member who lives outside of a 10-mile radius from Underley Garden will receive a payment for five days travel per month. We encourage car sharing where possible

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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Salary: Up to £26,000

Please note this is a 12 month fixed-term contract. This a hybrid role based at our Head Office in Lupton with 1 day a week working from home.

Those huge small victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. We are looking for someone who has passion for recruiting the best talent  as with Witherslack Group it means you are helping change the lives of our children and young people.

For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings. We are looking for a Recruiter to help us recruit the teams who make the difference, every day, in our schools and children’s homes.

Get out what you put in

This role will offer the opportunity to develop your skills as a recruiter and be part of the fundamental growth of the business. You will take responsibility for:

• Overseeing and managing recruitment campaigns from attraction and advertising through to offer and on-boarding
• Directly sourcing and headhunting talent using a range of tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter
• Building and nurturing talent pipelines in line with our growth demands, so that we recruit the right people at the right time for our young people
• Encouraging employee referrals, recruiting like-minded people who want to make a difference to our children
• Championing the WG candidate experience, ensuring it reflects the way we look after our people as a great place to work
• Engaging with our Alumni talent community, supporting people back into roles within our group
• Ensure that recruiting managers are appropriately supported and that they attract, select and appoint the right candidates whilst being compliant with relevant procedures and legislation (including Safer Recruitment) which are vital to the safeguarding of our children
• Promoting our employer brand and social media presence

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary : Up to £26,000
• Training:  Ongoing  professional development.
• Holiday : You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits package : meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing:  a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover  so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

• Have a passion for the education and care of children and young people with SEN
• At least 6 months experience as a Recruiter – as an in-house, agency recruiter or similar
• Hands-on experience with attraction and sourcing techniques, although full training will be provided
• To be comfortable with data and talent systems such as LinkedIn and applicant tracking systems
• A people person – someone who cares, is empathetic and can translate Witherslack Group’s ambition to provide aspirational futures through inspirational education and care
• Strong relationship building and networking skills
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• The ability to relate to a range of different audiences

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself .

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

To view our policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders please click  here .

For a full job description and person specification, please click here .

#INDH

Salary: Up to £26,000

Please note this is a 12 month fixed-term contract. This a hybrid role based at our Head Office in Lupton with 1 day a week working from home.

Those huge small victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. We are looking for someone who has passion for recruiting the best talent  as with Witherslack Group it means you are helping change the lives of our children and young people.

For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings. We are looking for a Recruiter to help us recruit the teams who make the difference, every day, in our schools and children’s homes.

Get out what you put in

This role will offer the opportunity to develop your skills as a recruiter and be part of the fundamental growth of the business. You will take responsibility for:

• Overseeing and managing recruitment campaigns from attraction and advertising through to offer and on-boarding
• Directly sourcing and headhunting talent using a range of tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter
• Building and nurturing talent pipelines in line with our growth demands, so that we recruit the right people at the right time for our young people
• Encouraging employee referrals, recruiting like-minded people who want to make a difference to our children
• Championing the WG candidate experience, ensuring it reflects the way we look after our people as a great place to work
• Engaging with our Alumni talent community, supporting people back into roles within our group
• Ensure that recruiting managers are appropriately supported and that they attract, select and appoint the right candidates whilst being compliant with relevant procedures and legislation (including Safer Recruitment) which are vital to the safeguarding of our children
• Promoting our employer brand and social media presence

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary : Up to £26,000
• Training:  Ongoing  professional development.
• Holiday : You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits package : meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing:  a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover  so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

• Have a passion for the education and care of children and young people with SEN
• At least 6 months experience as a Recruiter – as an in-house, agency recruiter or similar
• Hands-on experience with attraction and sourcing techniques, although full training will be provided
• To be comfortable with data and talent systems such as LinkedIn and applicant tracking systems
• A people person – someone who cares, is empathetic and can translate Witherslack Group’s ambition to provide aspirational futures through inspirational education and care
• Strong relationship building and networking skills
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• The ability to relate to a range of different audiences

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself .

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

To view our policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders please click  here .

For a full job description and person specification, please click here .

#INDH