Administrative Assistant

Windrush Church of England Primary School, Witney, OX29 7DL

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January or as soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 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: £27,710.00 - £30,025.00 Annually (FTE)

Administrative Assistant job summary

Why You’ll Love Working at Windrush

Looking for a vibrant, supportive workplace where your work genuinely matters and no two days are ever the same? Welcome to Windrush C of E Primary School!

Opened in 2021, Windrush is a modern primary school set in a bright, beautiful, purpose-built building in Witney. As a young and growing school community within the River Learning Trust, we pride ourselves on a culture built on warm, positive relationships—where staff genuinely care for and uplift one another, pupils are eager to learn, and families feel connected.

At Windrush, we know our staff are our greatest asset. Driven by our Christian vision to help everyone Learn, Love and Live 'Life in all its fullness' (John 10:10), we offer:

• A Strong Commitment to Wellbeing: A supportive, friendly atmosphere where work-life balance is respected and teamwork is central to everything we do.

• Real Professional Development: Continuous training, growth opportunities, and performance development tailored to your career aspirations.

• A Dynamic, Varied Role: From being the friendly face at Reception to supporting pupil welfare, coordinating events, and keeping operations running smoothly, every day brings fresh tasks and rewarding experiences.

  The Role

  As our Admin Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of our school life. Working alongside senior leadership and a dedicated office team, you will deliver comprehensive administrative and financial support that helps our school thrive day in and day out.

  Key Responsibilities Include:

  Front-of-House & Welcoming Presence: Greeting visitors, answering enquiries, and fostering strong, positive relationships with parents, carers, and callers.

  
  Pupil Welfare & Care: Looking after unwell pupils, providing first aid support, and liaising warmly with families and teaching staff.

  
  Dynamic Office Administration: Managing pupil records, coordinating correspondence, typing, filing, and processing data on management systems.

  
  School Life & Events: Assisting in organizing school trips, celebratory events, premises lettings, and stock management.

  
  Financial & Operational Support: Carrying out routine financial administration and supporting day-to-day school procedures.

  
  Safeguarding & Excellence: Upholding highest standards of safeguarding, confidentiality, and data protection across all operations.

  
  Communication: producing and distributing our school newsletter and other communications with parent

  
  Who We Are Looking For

  We are seeking a proactive, adaptable, and approachable individual who:

  Thrives in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and variety keeps things exciting.

  Brings excellent interpersonal skills and a warm, empathetic manner when dealing with children, parents, and colleagues.

  Possesses strong IT and organizational skills (Word, Excel, databases, spreadsheets).

  Enjoys being part of a close-knit team and aligns with our values of inclusion, compassion, kindness, and community support.

  Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

  
  OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

  
  OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

  
  OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

  
  Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

  This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

  
  The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

  If you would like to have a confidential conversation with the School Business Manager, about the role, prior to application, then please email kwalsh@windrushschool.org or telephone 01993 651391.

  The River Learning Trust and Windrush Church of England Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating a safe, inclusive environment for all staff, free from discrimination and harassment

  
  For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

  This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

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 Windrush Church of England Primary School

• Organisation type: Free School, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 188 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Windrush Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/windrush-church-of-england-primary-school

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