General Office Clerical Assistant
Brighouse High School, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 2NY6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
25 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- APT & C Scale 3 Point 14-17
What skills and experience we're looking for
A General Office Clerical Assistant is required to join the School’s Main Office at Finkil Street. The main function of this post is to provide general administrative and clerical support within a busy school environment. Duties will include maintaining student records and undertaking a range of administrative tasks to support school operations. Applicants should have excellent communication and organisational skills, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and the ability to remain calm under pressure. Experience with Bromcom or staff cover systems would be an advantage, but training will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the continued success of Brighouse High School. In March 2017 OFSTED recognised that we are a school which has high expectations and is uncompromising in working to meet the needs of individual pupils. Inspectors reported that “there is a strong sense of ‘togetherness’ across the school” and that pupils “feel part of a caring school community that is fully inclusive with a trusting ethos. Pupils feel valued as learners.
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer you:
•An opportunity to work in a happy school with strong relationships •Full support from a highly experienced and dedicated senior leadership team •Induction and mentoring from a welcoming whole staff body •A strong pastoral support framework and behaviour system to work within •CPD and early careers support •A range of colleague benefits including wellbeing and Employee Assistance programme, giving access to family healthcare, counselling and a range of other services
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Brighouse High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1302 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brighouse High School website
- Email address
- vacancies@brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01484710408
We are a stand-alone academy, which is proud to have retained its identity at the heart of the community. Our recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2022, recognised that ‘There is an acute awareness of what pupils need to support them in their stage of learning or employment. This runs through the school from Year 7 to the sixth form. Leaders make sure all pupils, including those with SEND, access an ambitious curriculum that stimulates their minds and promotes curiosity.
Arranging a visit to Brighouse High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk.
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