Gateway Primary Free School: Admin Assistant
The Gateway Primary Free School, Grays, Essex, RM16 4LU17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
3 October 2025 at 9:42am
Date listed
16 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual Pro Rata Salary £21,778 - £23,482
Gateway Primary Free School: Admin Assistant job summary
Reception/Admin Assistant
GLC Academy: Gateway Primary Free School
Salary: GLC Point 11 £24,835 - P15 £26,778 [Actual Pro Rata Salary: £21,778 - £23,482]
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part Time 37 hours per week, Term time plus 5 holiday working days [45.6 weeks] - Talk to us about flexible working
Closing Date: 3rd October 2025 at Midday
The Gateway Primary Free School is part of the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.
We are seeking to appoint an efficient admin assistant with excellent administration and IT skills to be part of our very busy school office team. We are a dynamic Primary Academy serving the diverse community of Tilbury Essex, working in close association with other academies within the Gateway Learning Community Trust.
We are looking for someone:
To be responsible for maintaining the student database for all admissions, with excellent knowledge and experience of SIMs and SAM;
To provide secretarial, clerical and word processing support ensuring accuracy and confidentiality at all times;
To provide administrative support, e.g. photocopying, typing and collation of pupils files;
To administer first aid (a first aid certificate is desirable but training can be provided);
To undertake reception and telephone duties, answering enquiries from staff, pupils, parents and the general public in a calm and professional manner;
Who has achieved GCSE English & Maths grade C or above.
All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Watch our video for an insight in to our academy:https://youtu.be/mKl4MgwJUmA
You can read our latest Ofsted Report here:http://www.theglc.org.uk/170/key-information/category/7/ofsted-inspections
Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:
Staff well-being programme: Including access to Westfield Health Insurance
Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
State-of-the-art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
A paid 'My Day' each year
Excellent career development and training
2-week October half-term break
A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff
Free Access to the Gateway Academy Fitness Suite
GLC Staff Nursery [Competitive rates and term time only]
We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact Casey.Townsend@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.
The GLC embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
If you would like to apply for this position, please complete an online application form.
We reserve the right to close this job posting earlier than the stated deadline if we have received a sufficient number of qualified applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
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 The Gateway Primary Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 439 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Gateway Primary Free School website
School location
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