Senior Clerical Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Ladywood School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 1NG

47 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  4th January 2027

• Closing date

  8 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

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: £26,847.00 - £29,071.00 Annually (Actual) 25 hours per week 9.30am to 2.30pm actual salary is between £15,533.19 to £16,552.07

Senior Clerical Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

Ladywood School is an Outstanding Special School situated in Bolton. It caters for primary aged pupils with complex learning difficulties. Ladywood is a proud member of Woodbridge Trust, which is a local partnership with Firwood School, Woodbridge SEND Service and Woodbridge College.

Trustees are looking to appoint a temporary, efficient and flexible Clerical Assistant to join our friendly team and to provide reception duties and general administrative support. As the first point of contact you will provide a first rate service to all visitors whilst performing your daily tasks. If you can remain calm under pressure, have a flexible approach and have excellent admin skills, we would like to hear from you.

We will offer you:-

• Professional development to support you in your career
• Hardworking, dedicated, professional and enthusiastic staff
• A genuinely happy, caring and friendly place to work
• Supportive leadership and CPD opportunities to develop
• High standard facilities
• A challenging yet rewarding environment where our children are amazing and will inspire you

As a Trust we are committed to recognising and transferring your continuous service record if you are currently employed from within Bolton LA.

The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Ladywood School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ladywood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ladywood-school

Ladywood School is a primary special school for pupils with complex learning difficulties. There are currently 207 pupils on roll.

Ladywood has been judged as an outstanding school by OFSTED on 4 consecutive occasions, most recently in January 2023.

‘Leaders and staff at Ladywood School value every pupil for their uniqueness. The school’s inspiring and creative community, where staff make learning fun, allows pupils to thrive. ’ (OFSTED 2023)

Ladywood is a proud member of Woodbridge Trust, which is a local partnership with Firwood School, Ladywood Outreach and Woodbridge College. We were awarded Bolton News ‘Primary School of the Year 2018’ and the Nasen award for ‘Co-production with Children and Young people and their Families’ in 2019.

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