Finance Assistant

Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4GN

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June 2026

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 April 2026

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: £26,403.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary: from £21,408 - £22,818

Finance Assistant job summary

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional looking to make a meaningful impact within a vibrant educational community? Salendine Nook High School is seeking a proactive Finance Assistant to join our dedicated finance team.

In this role, you will be the heartbeat of our daily financial operations. From reconciling accounts for our main school to liaising and working directly with the Trust for one day per week. Along with the Director of Finance you will ensure that our financial health supports an environment where learning thrives.

As our Finance Assistant, your week will be varied and rewarding, you will work closely with the Finance team at Salendine Nook High School, and with the CFO of Heritage Multi Academy Trust (offices are in the same building as the school). You will also work with a variety of other members of school staff on a range of different tasks related to your role. Full training will be provided.

We are looking for a qualified and experienced individual who will be able to take ownership of their role, whilst being a collaborative team player. You will be able to maintain a high standard of ethics and professionalism when dealing with colleagues, parents and external stakeholders.

For more information on the benefits of working in our school, please visit our website, or get in touch with a member of our team.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB), which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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 Salendine Nook High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1401 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Salendine Nook High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/salendine-nook-high-school-academy

Salendine Nook High School is a mixed, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary 11-16 school situated in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Attainment in entry is higher than average in all year groups. Over half of the students on roll come to us with high prior attainment based upon Key Stage 2 SATs. Our students generally arrive with high levels of literacy and numeracy. This means that expectations are high in terms of expected progress over the five years of secondary education. The parent body is also generally very supportive. We are a larger than average secondary school providing approximately 1350 places for students. The school is oversubscribed in all year groups.
The school converted to academy status in February 2012. It is sponsored by a single-academy trust called the Salendine Nook Academy Trust.

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