Administrative Support Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Gledhow Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1PL

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,016.00 - £26,847.00 Annually (FTE)

Administrative Support Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

This is a key front of house role where you will be required to complete a range of reception and administrative tasks, working closely with the Operations and School Business Managers. We’re keen to speak to organised, confident and approachable professionals who will bring a positive, friendly, and helpful personality to our school.

About Us:

Gledhow is a super school with brilliant pupils, staff, governors, and families. We are a large busy three-form entry school in North Leeds with a wonderfully diverse pupil and colleague community. At Gledhow we strive to make the ordinary extraordinary, by taking the everyday experiences our pupils have and transforming them into amazing opportunities for learning, growth, and personal development.

You will be:

• A fantastic communicator able to build relationships with all members of our school community (from pupils and parents to staff and governors).
• Comfortable managing confidential data, handling correspondence, collating school dinner information and co-ordinating events.
• Organised with a keen attention to detail, able to manage and prioritise different tasks.
• Confident using Office 365 applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Proficient with school IT Systems (e.g. SIMS / ParentPay) or has transferable experience of using different apps, software, and websites to process information.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of an amazing team that play a vital role in the day to day running of our school.

The working hours are 22.5hrs per week, term time only, Monday to Wednesday 8.00am to 4.00pm

In return we offer:

• A strong culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity.
• A friendly, supportive team of experienced staff.
• A premium confidential staff wellbeing package to support a wide range of health and wellbeing needs.
• Retail discounts/ offers at high street and online retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. If this is the perfect role for you, please get in touch. Visits to our school are highly recommended please contact recruitment@gledhowschool.org to arrange.

This role is ‘regulated activity’ therefore you are advised to read our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy which is also available via the link below. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and satisfactory references. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted.  This includes only information publicly available on-line.

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.

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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 Gledhow Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 663 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Gledhow Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gledhow-primary-school

Gledhow is a super school with brilliant pupils, staff, governors, and families. We are a large busy three-form entry school in North Leeds with a wonderfully diverse pupil and colleague community.

At Gledhow we strive to make the ordinary extraordinary, by taking the everyday experiences our pupils have and transforming them into amazing opportunities for learning, growth, and personal development.

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