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Primary First Aider & Pastoral Administration Assistant

Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY

This job expired on 5 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  19 November 2025

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  19 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 £14,338 to £15,083

Primary First Aider & Pastoral Administration Assistant job summary

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic Primary First Aider & Pastoral Administration Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will play a vital role, providing first-line medical and welfare support to students and staff, including administering first aid, managing ongoing medical needs, and maintaining accurate records, while supporting the Pastoral Team with administrative tasks and contributing to the overall safety, wellbeing, and pastoral care of students.

Applicants must hold, or be willing to obtain, a First Aid at Work or Paediatric First Aid qualification. The postholder will also undertake additional training to support students with specific medical needs (e.g. diabetes, anaphylaxis, asthma, epilepsy).

Working hours:

25 hours per week

Monday to Friday 10am – 3pm

Term time only

Job requirements

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and mathematics (grade C/4 or above)
• Experience of using all Microsoft & Google applications
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a busy administrative environment, dealing with sensitive and confidential matters
• Experience administering First Aid and maintaining accurate records
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with a range of people both verbally and in writing
• A willingness to work with and support students with additional medical or physical needs

Why join us?

As Primary First Aider & Pastoral Administration Assistant within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skill set with key training and development opportunities available.

Interviews will take place on Friday 12th December 2025

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

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

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About Sidney Stringer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1495 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sidney Stringer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sidney-stringer-academy

Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.

All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.

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