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  • Start date details

    April 2026

  • Closing date

    16 March 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 March 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

£23,967.00 - £25,952.00 Annually (Actual) Pay increase pending

HR Administration Assistant job summary

Polden Bower School are seeking to appoint an organised experienced HR Assistant to join the existing HR team. In this role you will assist with various HR functions including all areas of recruitment and onboarding new staff, staff absence management, absence leave requests. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, detail-orientated and capable of working independently and as part of a team to ensure HR processes run smoothly. They will need to have excellent IT skills, great motivation as well as being reliable with a great sense of humour. This post is primarily based at Polden Bower School but you will be expected to travel and support on all school sites within the Bower Learning Partnership.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 24 March 2026

The post is 37 hours per week. 42 weeks per year - Term time plus inset days and 3 additional weeks to be worked in the school holidays (negotiable)

Term time hours of work: Monday 08.30 am - 5.00 pm Tuesday - Thursday 08.30 - 4.30 pm Friday 08.30 - 3.30 pm. To start in April 2026.

Grade 13 dependent on experience £23,967 -£25,952 per annum (pay rise pending)

Main purpose
Daily support for HR team ensuring the smooth and effective management of all HR procedures across all of our schools.

In return we will offer the successful candidate:

  • Skilled and experienced likeminded team to work alongside and support each other
  • Full induction programme and ongoing professional development
  • 'My Staff Shop' benefits which include Cycle to Work scheme
  • A wellbeing package including swim sessions, discounted café, Yoga and other activities

Polden Bower is a purpose-built special school on the edge of Bridgwater. It also has a small Early years and Key Stage 1 provision in the middle of the town. Polden Bower has 220 children and young people aged between 4 and 19 years. All children and young people have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in place when they are placed.

The school is part of a Federation with Avalon School in Street and a wider partnership with The Bridge School, a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in Bridgwater.

Enquiries are welcomed, and visits to the school are encouraged. if you would like to arrange this, please email Jo Stamford, assistant HR manager, at HR@poldenbower.org.uk or call 01278 496386

Polden Bower school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Polden Bower School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines

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.

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About Polden Bower School

School type
Special school, ages 4 to 19
School size
247 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
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