Job title: Administrator (Governance)
Location: Newcastle
Start date: Immediate start  
Contract: Part time, term-time only (negotiable)
Application close date: 21st November 2023
Salary or salary scale: £14.55 per hour

Administrator (Governance)

Remote working optional as agreed by line manager, must be available for evening meetings.

The role

Aquinas Education are working with the Trustees of the Laidlaw Trust to appoint an Administrator (Governance) who will support our academies within the Laidlaw Schools Trust by providing a high-quality clerking and administrative support service. You will join our central team as soon as possible in a key role supporting the Trust in the development of our Academies.

The role is part of a central services team, which currently supports eight academies. This role presents an ideal opportunity for a candidate with the desire, initiative, and motivation to manage and drive improvement. Full on the job training will be provided and accredited training will be available with the National Governance Association.

You will often be dealing with information of a highly confidential nature, and will need to be trustworthy and discreet in order to meet our data protection obligations. You should be used to working your own initiative and be proactive in completing tasks promptly, whilst being adaptable to keep up with the unpredictable nature of the workload where demands may change.

Specific experience is not essential, but you will need to be computer literate and have a flexible work ethic that will allow you to fully support the needs of the role, which will include regular evening support for official meetings and governor training.

This high-level support contributes to the life chances of our children so you will need to be passionate about education and delivering a professional service. In return for your proven expertise and commitment, we can offer you an opportunity to work for a Trust, which has aspirations to grow and deliver outstanding opportunities for our children and their families.

Laidlaw Schools Trust

A growing multi academy Trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in the west of Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive Trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s academies.

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy please send your cv and a covering letter via email to

James Turner james@aquinaseducation.co.uk or call him on 01159 244 788 | 07432 696 261

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We are always looking for great people across the UK, to become Education Recruitment Consultants. Aquinas Education team is a great place to work. We offer some of the best salaries and the most generous bonus structures around. We also proudly train and promote our team, with all of our office managers around the UK being promoted from within. 

About Aquinas Education

Aquinas Education is a unique education recruitment agency with offices across the UK. We specialise in sourcing, supplying and supporting our supply staff on a personal level, making sure that they share the same objectives and ethos we strive to give in our individual approach. Saint Thomas Aquinas is the Patron Saint of Education, which is where our name originated from.

Our ethos is quite simple; we strongly promote ambition within schools and educational environments. We are ambitious for our pupils, schools, teachers and other educational workers in an ethical and modern setting. We want to promote the positive meaning of the phrase

“to be ambitious”.

Not only do we supply the most competent teachers and support staff around, we also give back to the schools by offering a reward scheme, continued support and the chance for positive role models to visit the schools individually. Working within the education sector we believe schools deliver a very high standard of care and teaching. We endeavour to match these aspirations by providing a highly professional service and the best staff available.

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.

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