Finance and Administrative Assistant
Overstone Combined School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 0NY7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
21 November 2025 at 11am
Date listed
14 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,066.00 - £12,886.00 Annually (Actual)
Finance and Administrative Assistant job summary
Finance and Administrative Assistant
We are seeking to appoint a Finance and Administrative Assistant to support our School Business Manager and the Office Administrator. The hours of work are 8.00am - 12.30pm (term time). Bucks pay scale 1/2 (pro rata £12,066 - £12,886).
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the office team within the positive, caring and collaborative atmosphere of our school. If you would like to become a member of our dynamic, talented and supportive team this might be the role for you.
The successful applicant will be responsible for providing financial and administrative support, an efficient reprographics service, and midday supervision duties to facilitate the smooth running of the school.
Overstone Combined School, for children aged 3 to 11, is based in the heart of the village of Wing, located between Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury. Our friendly school offers a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. We have a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body.
Tours of the school are welcomed. To arrange a visit, or if you require any further information, please contact Kim Warren, sbm@overstone-wing.org or call 01296 688799.
Closing Date: Noon, Friday 21st November
Date of Interviews: To be confirmed
Start Date: ASAP (subject to relevant checks)
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification. To apply, please complete the application via My New Term.
The school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date for the right candidate, early applications are encouraged.
Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview.
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. Overstone Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS check and any offers will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references. .
This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
You may be asked to explain any gaps or issues arising from the information you have provided and/or from employment references. Issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children will be explored at interview. In addition, we reserve the right to contact current or previous employers as part of the verification process pre-employment checks at the point of short listing.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Overstone Combined School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 179 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Overstone Combined School website
School location
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