Cover Administrative Assistant

Ashton Park School, Bristol, BS3 2JL

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  24th November

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,072.00 - £23,820.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 8 - 10 (£26,824 - £27,694 full time equivalent)

Cover Administrative Assistant job summary

Permanent, Full-time (Monday to Thursday 6:30-14:30, Friday 6:30-14:00) Term Time only plus 2 INSET days and 3 plus days Pay Scale: NJC8 - 10 Start date: 24 November 2025 Interview date: 6 November 2025

Become the Operational Heart of Our School!

Are you a highly organised, proactive, and compassionate administrator ready to be the linchpin that ensures seamless learning every single day? We are seeking a dedicated Cover Administrative Assistant to play a pivotal, high-impact role in the daily life of our school. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of school operations, managing essential cover for staff, administering first aid, and serving as the welcoming first point of contact for our entire community.

You will be the architect of continuity, using your expertise with the SIMS Cover software to organise daily cover and ensure lesson plans are delivered without interruption. Your daily work will directly influence the quality of education our students receive.

Key Impact Areas:

• Cover Continuity Management: Administer and manage the SIMS Cover software to organise daily cover for absent staff, finalising the daily cover list by 8:00 AM. You'll adapt plans throughout the day to meet unexpected challenges and ensure minimal disruption to the learning environment.

• First Point of Contact & Ambassador: Act as the initial, welcoming contact for parents, visitors, and stakeholders, embodying the school’s values in all interactions. You will deal with telephone and face-to-face enquiries efficiently.

• Welfare & First Aid: Be a vital resource for the school’s health, triaging and administering appropriate first aid to students, staff, and visitors, and coordinating with parents and medical professionals when necessary. You will also assume the role of a Fire Warden.

• Critical Safeguarding Role: Control access to the school in line with safeguarding procedures, including signing-in visitors and checking identification. Coordinate with HR and safeguarding teams to ensure all supply staff are properly vetted and recorded in the Single Central Record.

What Ashton Park School Can Offer:

We are committed to the well-being and professional growth of our staff, who were noted in our recent 'Good' Ofsted inspection for their "mindful" workload and well-being. Join a happy school community with a committed, enthusiastic, and supportive staff body.

Our benefits package includes:

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Training and professional development opportunities

• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

• Ashton Park Fitness Centre offers and discounted gym membership

• Free onsite parking, Cycle to Work scheme, and free eye tests

About Ashton Park Secondary School

Set in the beautiful grounds of the Ashton Court Estate in Bristol , Ashton Park is an inclusive and oversubscribed school of over 1200 students. This is an exciting time to join us as we embed our vision for 'passion for learning and a commitment to excellence within a caring atmosphere'. We are on a journey to develop into a beacon of academic excellence, and we need a dynamic, dedicated professional to help us get there.

If you have a core belief that you can achieve the best outcomes for pupils , can manage a high-pressure, varied workload , and have a strong commitment to confidentiality and safeguarding, we encourage you to apply.

We will review applications as they are received, so submit your application as soon as possible and take the first step toward this rewarding role!

Safeguarding Statement
Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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 Ashton Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1252 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ashton Park School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashton-park-school

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