Administration Assistant (part time)

Nields Academy, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5HT

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  22 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: £14,954.00 - £15,203.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 3, Points 5-6, FTE: £25,583 - £25,989

Administration Assistant (part time) job summary

Nields Academy

Administration Assistant

Fixed term contract until August 2026

20 hours per week (8.30am-12.30pm Monday to Friday), term time only

Salary: Scale 3, Points 5-6, £14,954 - £15,203 (FTE: £25,583 - £25,989)

Start - As soon as possible

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Administrator to support the smooth and efficient running of the school. Working under the guidance of the Office Manager and Principal, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality administrative services that ensure staff, pupils, and visitors experience a well‑managed and welcoming school environment. Your work will involve handling enquiries, maintaining accurate records, supporting daily operational processes, and contributing to the effective communication and organisation across the school.

This role is central to the day‑to‑day functioning of the school and includes responsibilities such as managing reception duties, maintaining pupil and attendance data, coordinating meal orders and payments, supporting school events, and liaising with parents, staff, external agencies, and suppliers. You will also assist with wider administrative tasks including reprographics, stock control, uniform sales, and the organisation of new pupil intake. As a key member of the school office team, you will help uphold the school’s ethos, support whole‑school activities, and contribute positively to the wider school community.

In return you will work in a warm and welcoming school community, with dedicated staff and enthusiastic well-behaved children.

Great Heights Academy Trust is a progressive and forward thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. We are a growing multi-academy trust with nine schools in the West Yorkshire area with plans to further expand. In addition, we are home to a SCITT, Research School and an English Hub.

If you are passionate and enthusiastic about helping children and can work with us to nurture their aspirations and dreams; enabling them to be the best they can be, then we would love to hear from you.

If you wish to apply for the position please go to our Trust site vacancy page at https://ghat.org.uk/join-our-trust/vacancies/ and click on the Apply Now option on the advert for Administration Assistant at Nields Academy.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 2nd February 2026

Interviews: w/c 9th February

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

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 Nields Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nields Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nields-academy

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