Administrative Assistant

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 0EP

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 June 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: £25,583 (pro-rata)

Administrative Assistant job summary

At St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend, we have a new position open for an Administrative Assistant to join a friendly administrative team, providing an efficient point of contact within our reception.

Job overview

You’ll be responsible for overseeing the reception facility, answering calls and dealing with face-to-face enquiries, signing in visitors and ensuring all visitors are appropriately monitored, as well as providing general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.

Job requirements

• Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
  Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
• Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills
• A high level of verbal and written communication standards
• Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines

Why join us?

As our Administrative Assistant, you’ll be able to take pride in ensuring a friendly and courteous port of call is available for any enquiries, contributing as a key part of a wider team to ensure daily administrative operations run smoothly. You’ll have access to training and professional development opportunities within this post, building on key skills to ensure you have a comprehensive and full working knowledge of administration.

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

We are fully committed to safeguarding all children.
Safeguarding Leads are fully trained and have a high profile within the school community.
We follow all safer recruitment procedures.
We also access additional operational safeguarding support through an external provider.

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 St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-aidan-s-catholic-primary-school-wallsend

We are a one form entry Catholic primary school in Wallsend.
We are part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust.

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