Administrative Assistant (Staff Attendance and Absence Management)

The Avenue Special School, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 November 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: £11,296.73 Annually (Actual)

Administrative Assistant (Staff Attendance and Absence Management) job summary

We are looking for an Admin Assistant who will support the recording, monitoring and reporting of staff sickness absence and attendance across the school.

Your role will involve recording all staff sickness absences accurately on our system, receiving and processing absence requests and notifications from employees and managers, tracking return to work dates and notifying managers when return to work interviews are required, ensuring self-certification forms are completed and monitoring absence against school triggers.

The successful candidate will:-

have demonstrable administration experience, ideally within a HR Department

have good literacy and numeracy skills

be highly proficient in Microsoft office

have good communication and organisational skills

be flexible, reliable, a good team player and some-one who likes using their initiative.

Why work with us?

We are a friendly school

Term-time hours that fit around family life

On-site parking and good public transport links

Social events, free tea/coffee, and the option of buying staff lunches from our canteen.

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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

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 The Avenue Special School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• Size: 253 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Avenue Special School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-avenue-special-school-reading

The Avenue School Special Needs Academy is a day special school for boys and girls from the age of 2 – 19 with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

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