Administrative Assistant
Paddock School, London, SW17 0DZ21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 March 2027
Closing date
4 December 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: Full time - 36 hours per week Working hours - 8.00am to 4.00pm, with 48-minute lunch breaks Contract –Fixed term for 1 year Term time only - 39 Weeks Start date – 1st March 2027
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed Term 1st March 2027 – 1st March 2028 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Scale 3 Spinal point: 5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Job Purpose
Responsible under the instruction or guidance of senior staff to provide general administrative or financial support to the school.
Tasks
- Undertake reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries and signing in visitors
- Assist with pupil first aid and welfare duties, looking after sick pupils, liaising with parents/staff etc.
- Assist in arrangements for schools trips, events etc.
- Provide general clerical and administrative support e.g. photocopying, filing, faxing, complete standard forms, respond to routine correspondence
- Maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems
- Produce lists, information and data as required e.g. pupils/staff data
- Undertake typing and word-processing and other IT based tasks
- Sort and distribute mail
- Undertake administrative procedures
- Maintain and collate pupil reports
- Operate relevant equipment and ICT packages (e.g. word, excel, databases, spreadsheets, Internet)
- Maintain stock and supplies, cataloguing and distributing as required
- Provide general advice and guidance to staff, pupils and others
- Provide support to ensure meetings are booked and run smoothly. Book interpreters and room spaces
- Undertake general financial administration e.g. processing orders
- Support the HR team with general administrative duties
- Support the EHCP Officer in communicating with families regarding Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs)
Responsibilities
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equal opportunities for all
- Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
- To be fully aware of and understand the duties and responsibilities arising from the Children Act 2004 and Working Together in relation to child protection and safeguarding children and young people as this applies to the worker’s role within the organisation
- To also be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable adults in relation to the worker’s role
- To ensure that the worker’s line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns which the worker may have in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Good numeracy/literacy skills
- NVQ 2 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant discipline
Experience
- General clerical, administrative and financial work as appropriate
- Experience of working in a special educational needs school
Knowledge and Skills
- Effective use of ICT packages
- Use of relevant equipment and resources
- Good keyboard skills
- Knowledge of relevant polices and codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
- Ability to identify own training and development needs and co-operate with means to address these
- Effective implementation of the school’s equal opportunities policy in all areas of work
What the school offers its staff
Regardless of your position, at Paddock, we work corporately as a school to provide outstanding support and education for pupils with severe learning difficulties and autism, therefore there are several qualities and attributes that are highly valued:
- Team Player
- Compassion and Empathy
- Keen to contribute to school life
- Highly Organised
- Life Long Learning
- Resilience
- Celebrate Learning
- Strong work ethic
We offer:
- Highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
- An outstanding training programme
- Access to employee wellbeing scheme
- Opportunities for promotion within the school
- Cycle 2 Work
- Smart Schools Benefits (which include Lifestyle Savings, Wellness support, saving scheme for everyday expenses)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
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 Paddock School
- Organisation type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- Size
- 246 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Paddock School website
- Email address
- recruitment@paddock.wandsworth.sch.uk
Paddock School is a growing, outstanding and innovative split site school in Tooting, SW17 0DZ and Putney, SW16 6HL.
Paddock is a special place where we put pupil’s interests first in everything we do. We are an Ofsted outstanding and innovative split site special school for pupils aged 4 – 19 with severe learning difficulties. Most of our children also have a diagnosis of autism.
We pride ourselves on the warm, nurturing culture of the school, and staff share a deep commitment to supporting the individual needs of our pupils. Every pupil here is known, understood and nurtured.
Our valued staff are exceptional practitioners who work as part of an extensive multi-disciplinary team of specialists to plan and deliver highly personalised learning opportunities that make learning fun, meaningful and engaging for our pupils.
Our reputation is founded on our high standards, and maintained by our caring, dedicated staff, who create a nurturing and inspirational atmosphere throughout the school. The whole team is enthusiastic and united in their desire to prepare pupils for life beyond Paddock.
To work at Paddock, where the focus is on providing outstanding support and education for pupils with severe learning difficulties and autism,
Arranging a visit to Paddock School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@paddock.wandsworth.sch.uk.
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