Finance Assistant

The Circle Trust, Wokingham, RG40 1SS

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term-time only (part-time considered)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Circle Trust is a community of schools with shared values and an essential common ethos and vision for education and learning. We believe that preserving the unique identity and ethos of each school is essential. We currently have 11 schools in our Trust and continue to grow.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant who demonstrates excellent numerical and data processing skills and is proactive, pragmatic, proficient and enthusiastic. This vital role will support our finance team in all aspects of the finance and payroll functions. You will enjoy collaborative working as part of our Circle Trust shared team – supporting our schools by reducing workload, optimising economies and efficiencies and empowering them to constantly improve the quality of education provision.

As Finance Assistant you will be:

• Keen to develop your Finance skills within the Education sector
• Process-oriented with meticulous attention to detail
• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Passionate about education and making a real difference to the lives of our students

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• A welcoming, supportive and collaborative working environment
• The opportunity to build your career in a growing organisation
• Training and the opportunity for ongoing professional development

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Circle Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Circle Trust website
• Email address: contact@thecircletrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 0118 338 1961
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-circle-trust

The Circle Trust is a community of schools that have shared values and an essential common ethos and vision for education and learning. At the centre of our work together is improving the educational outcomes for our pupils. We deliberately use the term “educational outcomes” to highlight that we value education in the widest sense whilst balancing our ambition for the highest academic performance.

Our collaboration of schools work together to give our pupils the best educational journey and outcomes possible. By pooling resources, we capitalise on economies of scale and maximise funds to support the work of schools providing the best teachers, best learning experience and social emotional wellbeing possible.

The schools in the trust range from nursery to sixth form, and actively collaborate to create a unique network of cross phase learning and support. We share talent, resources, best educational research, training and practices. Together we celebrate our unique individuality, share the same values and support each other to achieve our goals.

Arranging a visit to The Circle Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email contact@thecircletrust.co.uk.

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