Administration Assistant

Salary

Actual Salary: £10, £10,488.32

Contractual hours

17

Basis

Part Time

Job type

Support Staff - Other

Job category

Administration

Date posted

09/12/2025

Job reference

LSP-S006

Hours: 17 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: JG3, SCP5 (£25,583) - SCP6 (£25,989)

Actual Salary: £10, £10,488.32 per annum, pro rata

Start Date: As soon as possible, subject to pre employment checks

The Role

Winford Church of England Primary School, member of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership is seeking to appoint an Administrator Assistant to join our friendly and committed team.

The Administration Assistant is responsible for supporting with the administrative, financial, and organisational processes within the school. They will act as the initial point of contact for pupils, parents, carers, and visitors.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Respond to enquiries from the school community and visitors, which are received in person, by telephone and email, keeping appropriate records, and referring information, messages, and questions to colleagues where appropriate. Undertake administrative and secretarial tasks, including word-processing, spreadsheet work, filing, photocopying and scanning, data collation.
• Maintain the operation of the printer and photocopier and other office equipment to ensure it is ready to use, resolving any issues as needed.
• Manage the school diary and the school signing in book for visitors entering and leaving the school to ensure Safeguarding procedures are followed
• Administration of electronic staff accounts, such as email accounts
• Report any issues with the school's IT systems.
• Organise and distribute incoming and outgoing post and deliveries
• Order, monitor and manage stock and resources.
• Prepare and send communications (paper or electronically) to parents and carers, and the wider community, including Newsletters and social media.
• Administer additional activities for pupils such as trips, music tuition, wrap around care
• Support with the organising of parents' evenings and other meetings and events, including the organisation of rooms and equipment, and supplying refreshments as required
  Provide diary management support for the school's senior leadership team

We offer:

• Enthusiastic and happy children.
• Good opportunities for individual growth and development.
• Supportive staff, governors, parents and community
• Collaborative working within our Trust community to support our endeavours to work smarter.
• Access to wellbeing support
• 24-hour confidential helpline and counselling
• Healthcare cash plan
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Discount retail platform with access to hundreds of discounts.

Our School

Our school has a caring and friendly atmosphere with most of our families living in Winford and surrounding Chew Valley villages. We are a Church of England School, so we have close links to the Church of St. Mary and St. Peter in Winford. Christian values are integral to our ethos and our school vision is:

We aim to help children to flourish academically, spiritually, personally and emotionally through a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum, filled with a variety of experiences. We are a close community that includes staff, families, children, governors, the Lighthouse Partnership Trust and, of course, our lovely school dog

We hope that our website gives you a flavour of our school community.

Winford Church of England Primary School - Home

The Trust

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership (LSP) is a Multi-Academy Trust which has experienced rapid growth since it started in 2016. There are currently 34 schools in the Trust.

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is cross-phase and includes Infant, Junior, Primary and Secondary schools. The Trust is a mixed MAT and includes both non-denominational and Church of England schools.

We encourage you to browse our website for more information about the Trust: Lighthouse Schools Partnership - Home

Closing Date: 05 January 2026

Interview Date: to be confirmed

Early applications are encouraged. The school reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to identify an appropriate candidate.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in its community to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check.

A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the Trust website.

We are also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly those from underrepresented groups.