7 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    5 November 2025

  • Closing date

    6 October 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    8 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time (Term time only) plus 10 days in holidays (to include GCSE/A Level results weeks) plus 2 INSET days in September

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

West Berkshire Council salary Band H – FTE £33,366 – £38,626 (to be pro-rated accordingly for term-time and hours worked)

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Degree or equivalent experience
  • Relevant Level 3 qualifications, such as A Levels
  • Mathematics and English GCSE at C or above
  • Driving licence
  • IT literate
  • Excellent communication, liaison and negotiation skills
  • Excellent time management and effective organisational skills essential
  • Ability to write clear and legible reports
  • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
  • Excellent record keeping skills
  • Ability to be independent, creative and self-motivated
  • Understanding of behavioural difficulties
  • Ability to maintain a sense of perspective

What the school offers its staff

  • experience a caring, positive ethos that prioritises staff wellbeing and recognition
  • be empowered to work with ambitious, dedicated, capable staff who are deeply committed to develop the whole child
  • experience working with children who enjoy being at school, behave exceptionally and have excellent attitudes to learning
  • work in a professional, stimulating, and collaborative working environment

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About The Downs School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1437 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
MDaniels@tds.school

The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful, oversubscribed and popular school serving the Downs area of West Berkshire. The roll is nearly 1300 with a well-established sixth form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’.

Arranging a visit to The Downs School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email MDaniels@tds.school.

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