Administration and Attendance Assistant

Wath Central Primary School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday 8.15am - 3.30pm Term time only plus 2 inset days 33.75 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Band D Points 5-6 (FTE £24790 - £25,183

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, flexible and skilled individual to join our friendly and forward-thinking office team.

The successful candidate will provide front-line administrative support in our busy school office, acting as the focal point for staff and visitors, ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the school office.

You will have specific responsibility forAttendance and can view our Attendance Strategy on our website: https://www.wathcentral.co.uk/attendance

Visits to school are encouraged. Please email our Business Manager Nicola McMullen nmcmullen@jmat.org.uk to arrange this.

The successful candidate will:-

• Be a friendly face. Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Think strategically
• Work efficiently, creatively and analytically
• Be flexible and adaptable; this is a fast paced environment
• Have experience of working in a school office

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:-

• a friendly, forward thinking and outward facing team
• a dynamic and ambitious leadership team
• children who want to achieve and be the best version of themselves
• Professional Development - appropriate training opportunities
• A Trust that offers many opportunities for growth and development.

Commitment to safeguarding

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

Our recruitment follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Employment offers may be subject to checks, including:
• DBS
• Childcare disqualification
• Medical
• Online
• Prohibition from teaching
• Right to work
• References
• Suitability to work with children
Due to amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, some minor offences are now protected and should not be disclosed. For guidance, seek legal advice or visit [Nacro’s Criminal Record Support Service](https://www.nacro.org.uk).

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to nmcmullen@jmat.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

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About Wath Central Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 404 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wath Central Primary School website
• Email address: nmcmullen@jmat.org.uk
• Phone number: 01709 760345
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wath-central-primary-school

Wath Central is a family; children are at the centre of everything we do. We are a welcoming and caring school; we work together as a community to provide a happy, safe and secure learning environment where each child is a valued individual, with their own strengths and development needs. We promote mutual respect for each other, we value diversity and continually seek to remove barriers to learning.

​We strive for excellence. We strive for every child to reach their potential as successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. We develop within our children a sense of community so that they understand their responsibilities and role within it. We promote education as an experience to be embraced as well as enjoyed, allowing the learner to achieve beyond their expectations. We aim to stimulate and excite the children's imagination, motivate a desire to achieve and inspire a lifelong love of learning.

Arranging a visit to Wath Central Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nmcmullen@jmat.org.uk.

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