School Administrative Assistant

Watchfield Primary School, Watchfield, Wiltshire, SN6 8SD

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  20 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: £25,185.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Staff Support NJC Grade 4. 22 hours per week/ 39 weeks (0900-1300 4 days a week, 0845-1515 1 day a week). Actual annual salary in the region of £ £12,855 - £13,059

School Administrative Assistant job summary

Watchfield Primary School is proud to be part of the Cambrian Learning Trust, an nine school multi-academy trust, which was established on 1st April 2012. Situated in the village of Watchfield, near Faringdon, we have a wide and diverse school community. Our whole school vision is ‘At Watchfield We SOAR’ - at Watchfield we want everyone, children and adults, to ‘SOAR’. This means we work hard to enable individuals, groups and the wider school community to be: Successful, Original, Aspirational and Resilient. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic Administrative Assistant to join the team. The applicant should be someone who is motivated and has excellent communication and organisation skills. They should be flexible and have a calm approach as well as being able to work well in a team whilst responding to the needs of the school. Applicants should be able to communicate well verbally and have a good standard of numeracy and literacy (GCSE grade A - C or equivalent). 

A visit to the school or telephone conversations to discuss the post would be warmly welcomed.

Please contact the school office to make an appointment on: 01793 782623 or email office@wat.cambrianlt.org

Watchfield Primary School & Cambrian Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community

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 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 Watchfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 346 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watchfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watchfield-primary-school-watchfield

Primary School in growing village, close to Defence Academy
10 minutes from Swindon and 20 minutes from Oxford

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