Business Support Assistant
Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 0QT10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027.00 to £24,404.00 per annum (pro rata £22,256.18 to £ 22,605.40 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
- A NVQ Level 1/Level 2 or equivalent qualification. Good level of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE standard or experience in relevant discipline.
- A minimum of two years’ experience in an administrative/reception role.
- Experience of working within an educational environment.
- Knowledge of IT software packages, e.g. MSOffice and data bases and its application in schools.
- Understanding of relevant processes and systems in use within schools to deliver effective customer care.
What the school offers its staff
About Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy
Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school, with a nursery, for 3 to 11 year olds in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.We were graded as 'Outstanding' in all areas by Ofsted during our most recent inspection in June 2019.
We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 564 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy website
- Email address
- areej.azeem@barkerend.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 01274 773003
Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 500 place, 4-11 primary school. Barkerend joined the Trust on 1 April 2018. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
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