Admin Support Assistant

Stoke Holy Cross Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8LY

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  12 February 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  30 January 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: £12.85 per hour

Admin Support Assistant job summary

Tel: 01508 493132

Email: office@stokeholycross.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.stokeholycross.norfolk.sch.uk 

Headteacher:  Jeannette Chaney

NOR: 190

• Salary – Scale B, £12.85 per hour
• Fixed Term to 30 July 2027 or earlier if funding withdrawn
• Part Time 
• 4.75 hours per week (worked over 1 day, either Tue or Thu)
• Term time only
• Required for April 2026

We are currently looking for Support Assistant to assist a visually impaired member of our team with their duties.

As a Support Assistant, you will provide a wide range of support to a member of our team, who has a visual impairment. 

Duties will include providing individual support for the staff member, which could include attending meetings, taking confidential minutes and producing records, managing Excel/word documents, filing, for example.

The ideal candidate will be required to have a good level of ICT skills with the ability to work independently and show initiative. Good time management and flexibility are required. You will need to have a positive attitude to working as part of a team and be sensitive to the needs of a school environment.

Reporting to: Headteacher but primarily working under direction of our SENDCo.

Job Purpose:

To support a visually impaired member of our team and assist them in their work duties.

Duties: 

• To assist with day-to-day administration tasks.
• To provide support with appointments.
• Assisting with the preparation of forms, maintenance of records.
• Attend meetings.
• Attend relevant training.
• To undertake photocopying, filing, scanning and e-mailing.
• Other reasonable duties set out by the Headteacher/SENDCo

Person Specification

We expect candidates to evidence how they meet the criteria in their covering letter. This can be through work, volunteering, and your personal life.

Essential skills, experience, and knowledge:

• Understands how to maintain confidentiality.
• Understands Safeguarding.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent ICT skills.
• Accurate minute taker and producer of documents.
• Ability to build a trusting relationship with our colleague.
• Punctual, organised and hard-working.

Personal Qualities

• The ability to work closely with someone
• Friendly personality and have a good sense of humour
• Reliable
• A supportive team player
• Openness to learning new skills
• Comfortable around dogs

This role would ideally suit someone with experience in working in a school, social care or the disability sector, but we’re open to hearing from candidates from a range of career experiences.

If you feel you can make a positive contribution and apply transferable skills to the role, we will welcome an application.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned by email to – office@stokeholycross.norfolk.sch.uk 

Applications will be considered upon receipt, therefore early applications are encouraged. This advert may close at any time.

Closing date:  12 February 2026, 12noon

Interview date:  26 February 2026

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Stoke Holy Cross Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 188 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stoke Holy Cross Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stoke-holy-cross-primary-school

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Norwich and Norfolk