Business Support Assistant

Hyrstmount Junior School, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 7NS

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To commence as soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  10 February 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: £13,018.00 Annually (Actual)

Business Support Assistant job summary

Salary: Grade 4: Actual annual salary - £13,018 per annum

Hours: 22.5 hours per week. Term time only

Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School; Batley Grammar School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Hyrstmount Junior School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters.

At Hyrstmount Junior School, we are proud to offer a nurturing, warm, and happy environment where learners thrive academically, socially and personally.

Our extensive school grounds are a unique feature of the school, including a forest area, a pond, two large playgrounds, an allotment, and an all-weather pitch. These outdoor spaces allow our learners to engage in hands-on learning and physical activity, fostering creativity, exploration, and environmental awareness.

At the heart of our school are our Hyrstmount Heroic Values: respect, cooperation, determination, responsibility, and empathy. These values underpin everything we do and create the foundations for our learners’ personal development. We are deeply committed to creating a cohesive school community where every child feels valued, supported, and able to reach their full potential.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive forward-thinking school and Trust, who in return for your commitment and hard work, will support you to achieve your own career goals and aspirations.

We are looking to appoint a Business Support Assistant to work in our busy school office. The successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive staff team and will work closely with the Senior Business Support Officer in providing effective administrative support for the school. As the first line of contact for parents and visitors, you will need to have the necessary interpersonal skills, warmth and humour to make all stakeholders feel welcomed and valued whenever they visit or contact school.

Please contact the People and Talent team at: recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Closing date for applications is Monday 23 February 2026 at midday

Interviews will be held on Friday 27 February 2026

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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 Hyrstmount Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 360 pupils
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hyrstmount Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hyrstmount-junior-school-batley

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