Admin Assistant (Pupil Responsibility) – Maternity Cover

Dunstable Icknield Lower School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3AG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Dec 26/Jan 27

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £10,998.00 Annually (Actual) H3 pro rata

Admin Assistant (Pupil Responsibility) – Maternity Cover job summary

Admin Assistant (Pupil Responsibility) - Maternity Cover
Dunstable Icknield Lower School

Grade: H3

Actual Annual Salary: £10,998 - £12,219 per annum (dependent on hours)

Hours: 18 to 20 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 8.30 or 9am start)

Terms: Term-time + INSET days

Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover - up to 1 year

Start Date: Dec 26/Jan 27

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is looking to appoint a highly organised and thorough administrator to support our school office team. Please see the attached job description for further details.

The school is part of Scholars’ Education Trust (SET), an established, cross phase, multi-academy trust formed in 2012.

Staff at Dunstable Icknield benefit from shared professional development opportunities, collaborative practices, and the expertise of colleagues at Priory Academy, which is also part of the same trust. Priory Academy is the school that most of our Year 4 pupils transition to upon leaving.

If you have any questions, please contact HR - HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. To apply - please fill in an application form on My New Term - CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for application: 19 October 2026

Date of Interview: TBC

Diversity: Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Declaration of criminal offences: The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

Equal Opportunity: Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Dunstable Icknield Lower School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 295 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dunstable Icknield Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dunstable-icknield-lower-school-dunstable

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