Administration Assistant
Solent Infant School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 1DH21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 November 2025 at 11am
Date listed
16 October 2025
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
- £24,796.00 - £25,201.00 Annually (FTE) Salary detailed above is the full time equivalent. Position is part time and term time only.
Administration Assistant job summary
Administrative Assistant
Closing Date: Noon Thursday 6 November 2025
Interview Date(s): week beginning Monday 10 November, dates TBC
Job Start Date: As soon as possible, taking into account any relevant notice periods, which can be flexible
Salary: Pay Band 3 (fte £24796 - £25201 dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent, term time only
Hours of Work: 27.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm with half an hour for lunch
Would you like to be part of our friendly and busy school office team? If you feel this is for you, we are looking to appoint a cheerful, friendly and efficient person whose main role will be to look after our school reception, offering a warm welcome to all visitors and answering enquiries from staff, pupils and parents. This post helps to deliver a happy, caring and efficient administrative service to our school and wider community.
As part of our hard-working and committed office team you will also provide excellent administrative support. Therefore, experience of working in an office environment would be a strong advantage.
We are looking to appoint someone:
with a friendly disposition, who is flexible and adaptable
to be a welcoming and professional ambassador to our school
who is a confident communicator both in person and on the phone
enjoys working within a team
will be dedicated to the needs of the school and most importantly, the children
who has the ability to operate in a highly organised manner to cope with the demands of a busy school office where attention to detail and confidentiality are paramount
has the ability to remain calm and work under pressure at times
is self-motivated to multi task, prioritise and manage their work load without supervision
who has good IT skills with knowledge of microsoft word and excel
previous experience of working in a school environment and knowledge of Arbor is desirable, but not essential
who is committed to the security and safeguarding arrangements according to school policy
with a good sense of humour
who has Maths and English qualifications to at least level 2
In return we will offer:-
A caring and positive environment inspired by our strong ethos
A team committed to the wellbeing of staff and pupils
The opportunity to work within a ‘good’ school amongst a hardworking team of friendly staff
A supportive, friendly and welcoming school team
Superb working conditions and environment
Appropriate training as required
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Solent Infant School on 023 9237 1073 to arrange an appointment time. You will be based predominantly at Solent Infant School. However, as you will be appointed to The De Curci Trust, you may be required to work in any of The De Curci Trust’s academies or in any of the schools/academies that the Trust is supporting as reasonably directed by the CEO. The ability to travel independently between DCT academies/schools is therefore essential.
Please note we do not accept CV’s.
The De Curci Trust and Solent Infant School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with all other relevant employment checks. Completed application forms will be passed to the recruitment panel for shortlisting and will be reviewed against the person specification detailed in the advert. Applications will be assessed upon receipt, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Solent Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 265 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Solent Infant School website
Solent Infant School is a thriving, oversubscribed three form entry infant school. It is situated in Farlington on the Northern boundary between the city of Portsmouth and Hampshire. The school feeds directly into Solent Junior School which is located close by. In April 2017, Solent Infant School converted into an academy, and is now proud to be part of The De Curci Trust. The De Curci Trust is a small, recently established Multi Academy Trust, comprising just three schools; Solent Infant School, Solent Junior School and Springfield Secondary School.
Solent Infant School is well known amongst our community for being a bright, warm and happy school with a keen focus on the good mental health of our staff and pupils. Visitors to the school frequently comment upon how the ethos and values permeate throughout all that we do. Our pupils are extremely enthusiastic learners, a result of the unfaltering focus on developing the whole child through an enriched and rewarding curriculum. Solent Infant School offers a truly inclusive education, focusing on individual achievement, celebrating successes that are entirely relevant to the special journey of each of our magical pupils.
The school has been through some challenging, yet exciting changes over the past few years. Leadership structure, in turn, has changed significantly to reflect the current educational landscape, ensuring that we continue to provide our pupils with the best possible education and care. Despite still legally being defined as two separate schools, with two separate DfE numbers, Solent Infant and Junior Schools now work extremely closely together as The Solent Schools with one shared Local Governing Body. Those that are new to the school often mistake us for a through primary school. The Schools have a number of shared staff including The Executive Headteacher, Site, Administrative and Network Managers. Feedback has told us that this shared working offers our pupils and their families a truly consistent, cohesive and highly effective approach from the moment they arrive in Year R to the day they leave Year 6. Our staff wellbeing surveys tell us that Solent is a lovely, caring and supportive place to work where staff wellbeing is given a high priority.
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