Administration and Finance Assistant
Central Walker Church of England Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 2NP16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
28 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- N4 £26,403 - £27,254 per annum pro rata (Actual salary £22,671 - £23,402)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an experienced, proactive, and caring individual with a flair for administration? We are looking for a dedicated Administrative and Finance Assistant to join our business services team and support Central Walker Church of England Primary School.
As the first point of contact for our school, you will be responsible for a variety of reception, clerical, and administrative tasks. You'll be the friendly face greeting parents, carers, and visitors, while also providing essential support to the Senior Leadership Teams, Business Support Managers, and other staff members across the trust.
We are looking for someone who is:
- A great communicator, both verbally and in writing.
- Experienced in a similar administrative role.
- Educated to a good standard, with strong numeracy and literacy skills.
- Highly motivated and committed to delivering excellent customer service.
What the school offers its staff
Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.
At Central Walker C of E Primary School, our dedicated and caring staff work hard to achieve high standards by providing a nurturing environment where all children can flourish. We are committed to developing positive relationships between children, staff, parents and the wider community.
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- A positive and caring Christian ethos.
- The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland’s leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.
Further information about the job
The post is permanent, full time 37 hours per week and term time only plus 5 training days.
Interested in applying? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 28th June 2026.
Please note we are planning to hold interviews on Wednesday 8th July 2026.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Central Walker Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 441 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Central Walker Church of England Primary School website
- Email address
- hr@neatat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 224 0222
We are a Church of England Primary school and we are one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, education, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.
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