School Administration Assistant

St Francis Catholic Primary School, Nailsea, Somerset, BS48 4PD

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656.00 Annually (FTE)

School Administration Assistant job summary

School Administration Assistant

1-Year Fixed Term Contract

13 hours per week term time only + INSET days

6 hours, 30 minutes per day + 30 minutes lunch break

2 days per week 8.30am to 3.30pm (preferably Wednesday and Friday)

NJC2: actual salary £7,268.62

We’re looking for a warm, approachable, and organised person to support our school office alongside our current administrator.

You will be joining a devoted, warm, and welcoming team where everyone works together to maintain a vibrant Catholic ethos and nurture every child to achieve their God-given potential.

The role includes a variety of administrative and clerical tasks, with full training provided. Experience in a school setting is helpful but not essential.

You will benefit from

Supportive leadership from our principal, senior leaders, and the wider staff family.

A strong commitment to high quality professional development.

A culture where kindness, empathy, respect, and high standards underpin all we do.

We are particularly proud that:

“Pupils are wonderful ambassadors for their school. They are polite, courteous and eloquent. Pupils speak proudly about sporting success against larger schools. In class, they behave well. St Francis has a nurturing ethos.” OFSTED, 2024

Visits Welcome

We would love for you to visit us and experience the St. Francis’ family for yourself. Please contact the school office on 01275 855 373 to arrange a visit.

Safeguarding Commitment

St. Francis' Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, including those based on ethnicity, gender, transgender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Why St. Francis’?

At St. Francis’, we are a family, with Christ at the centre. Our mission is that together in Christ, pupils develop their unique talents and grow as individuals full of kindness, respect, and aspiration.

“Pupils are wonderful ambassadors for their school. They are polite, courteous and eloquent.” OFSTED, 2024

We believe every child is special and deserves an education that meets their needs and helps them to flourish beyond expectation. We are ready to welcome a new colleague who shares this vision and would like to make a lasting difference.

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

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.

About St Francis Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 143 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-francis-catholic-primary-school-nailsea

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