Administration Assistant

North Durham Academy, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 0TW

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £17,994.00 - £18,372.00 Annually (Actual)

Administration Assistant job summary

Administration Assistant
North Durham Academy
29.5 hours per week, Term time only

We are seeking a proactive and friendly Administration Assistant to join our vibrant Administration Team. In this varied role, you will be the first point of contact for all visitors, ensuring a warm welcome and following safeguarding procedures. Your responsibilities will include managing reception, handling phone calls and enquiries, sorting and distributing mail, and providing support for school events and meetings.

You will also assist with general administrative tasks such as raising purchase orders, managing deliveries, booking meeting rooms, and offering reprographics support. The ideal candidate will have excellent ICT skills, good numeracy and literacy, and the ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and external contacts. Experience in administration is essential, and familiarity with Arbor or First Aid is desirable.

If you are organised, flexible, and have a positive, can-do attitude, we would love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and supportive team in a thriving school environment.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 4 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

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 North Durham Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 935 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: North Durham Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-durham-academy

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is an ambitious Multi Academy Trust based in North Durham. The trust currently has 3 large secondary schools and 5 primary schools.

Our schools are at the heart of their local communities and strive to deliver on our founding principles of Inclusion, Progression and Excellence which supports a central vision of ‘Students First’.

The principle of inclusion provides opportunities for students of all abilities, aspirations and backgrounds and involving staff, governors, students and the wider community in determining the direction of our Trust. Our curriculums are broad and challenging, with the academic success of students at the heart of what we do.

To encourage progression, our schools provides effective advice and guidance. This enables learners to make informed and appropriate decisions for future study and employment, encouraging them to take on new challenges and reach higher levels of achievement.

The focus on excellence underpins all we do whether in learning areas, working in the community or governing and leading our schools.

The Trust recognises that safeguarding our children and young people is core to all our activities, and we expect all staff, volunteers and wider stakeholders to share this commitment.

Our Aims are:
To ensure our schools are centres of excellence with a focus on the nurture and achievement of all their members;
To promote mutual support, encouragement and benefit between our academies;
To develop, as the core foundation of academic achievement, a strong culture of professional development amongst our staff;
To celebrate and maintain the unique identity of communities we serve with each school at the heart of its community;
To recognise and enable all those who often remain invisible, through ethnic or cultural disadvantage, or through disability or poverty to achieve their full potential.
At North Durham Academy, we are openly focused on the educational outcomes of our students and firmly believe that placing the student at the centre of everything we do will ensure that they leave with both the best possible grades and having had the best possible experiences throughout their time with us.

In order to realise this, we work with our vision in mind at all times:

“For all students and staff to want to learn and work at a good school; and for all parents/carers from our community to want to send their children to a good school.”

There are a number of key principles that underpin the vision, which are:

Outstanding care for each and every individual
A relentless drive and focus to ensure that each and every student achieves their true potential
A focus on the quality of education and on high standards
A broad and balanced curriculum
A range of in-school and extra-curricular experiences to prepare our students for life in modern society
Superb facilities which support and enhance learning at all levels including achievement and engagement

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