School Office Assistant

Kingswood Primary School, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7EA

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  8 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 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: £23,576.00 - £24,690.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata annual salary is £5,634-5,900

School Office Assistant job summary

Kingswood Primary School, in Surrey, is seeking to appoint a professional and highly organised School Office Assistant to provide general day to day reception and administrative support as a member of the school’s office team.

The ideal candidate will:

• be forward thinking, creative, receptive to change and able to work as part of a team;
• have excellent communication and organisational skills;
• have a positive, organised and flexible approach while managing a diverse and demanding workload;
• have experience of working in a busy office environment;
• demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
• demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct and the ability to uphold the ethos, policies and practices of the school;
• be kind, caring and be able to forge positive relationships with our school community, including colleagues, children, parents and neighbours.

In return we can offer you:

• a structured induction program;
• opportunities for professional growth and personal development;
• membership of a generous Local Government Pension Scheme;
• access to a Multi Academy Trust Staff Shop offering retail and leisure discounts, a cycle to work scheme and a free will writing service; and
• access to an Employee Support Service providing access to a wide range of health and wellbeing support, including counselling, physiotherapy, weight management, health and fitness and financial advice.

This is a part time, term time role working 10 hours per week, over 2 days (Monday and Tuesday), 39 weeks per year. This is a fixed term position from 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2026, with the possibility to extend. The pro rata annual salary is £5,634-5,900, point 3-5 on the Greensand Support Staff Pay Scale (£23,576-24,690 FTE).

Please note applications will be considered upon receipt and we reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed, As such, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Kingswood Primary 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 post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and an overseas criminal records check if you have lived or worked outside the UK within the last 10 years. In accordance with KCSIE, online checks will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kingswood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 210 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingswood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingswood-primary-school-tadworth

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