Clerical Assistant

Woodlands Secondary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3SP

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  9 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

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: £4,455.00 - £4,629.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only

Clerical Assistant job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and well organised clerical assistant to support our school office. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to work Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 am to 12:30pm, term time only.

Woodlands Secondary School is a Outstanding special needs school for students aged between 11 - 18 years old. The school caters for students with severe learning difficulties or profound and multiple learning difficulties. We are looking for a Clerical Assistant to provide support to our busy and friendly school office. This is a fulfilling and rewarding role where you will be making a differenced as a valued member of the team.

. Main responsibilities are:

• Answering incoming calls

• Greeting and directing visitors

• Providing administrative support using Microsoft Office, Google Office and school based systems

• Other general adminsitrative duties such as filing, photocopying and laminating

Benefits of working at Woodlands Secondary School

• An extensive induction training programme over a 12 month period. The training programme covers: safeguarding

• Free access to Employee Assistance provided by PAM Wellness - this is confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days per week

• Enhanced pension, employers’ contribution and death in service payment

• Opportunities to progress and develop your career

• Free tea and coffee

• Access to our on site cafe 4 days per week - sit in or take away, Loyalty cards available.

• Opportunity to be entered into a half termly draw to win a cafe voucher - based on good attendance

• Access to onsite gym

• Discounted membership rates at Active Luton

• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses (for those who work on computers

Application form

When completing the letter of application, please ensure you address all the points in the essential column on the person specification.

The closing date for applications is 9th November 2025

Interviews will take plave on Friday 14th November 2025.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post meets the definition of ‘Regulated Activity’ as defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended).

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for an enhanced DBS check to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

IT IS AN OFFENCE TO APPLY FOR A ROLE WORKING IN REGULATED ACTIVITY IF YOU ARE BARRED FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN

PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED POLICIES - Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy - Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy

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

Woodlands Secondary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children.

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 Woodlands Secondary School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 18
• School size: 263 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodlands Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-secondary-school

Woodlands is a large secondary special school located in the north of Luton. Our mission statement is to 'Empower our young people to become successful adults.'
Our students have severe or profound learning difficulties, some have additional learning needs.
We have developed and refined our ambitious curriculum offer to meet the needs of the different cohorts of learners to ensure that learning is interesting, relevant and functional.
We have great facilities on site and aim to enrich learning by accessing the community and applying learning beyond the classroom.

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