Finance Assistant

**Job type**:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent

10 January 2025

**Job overview**:

- 'We learn not for school but for life’_

Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with an 11-18 Senior School of c.370 pupils and a 4-11 Prep School of c.110 pupils. The strong ethos of the School is reflected in its strength of pastoral care and sense of community. The School recently underwent inspection, with a very good report and compliant in all areas. As well as providing a fantastic learning and living environment for young people, Oswestry School offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.

Located in the ancient town of Oswestry in the county of Shropshire, the school was founded in 1407 and, as such, lays claim to being one of the oldest truly independent schools in the country. It is located in a beautiful corner of Shropshire with easy access to the great outdoors as well as good links to the local town of Shrewsbury and the cities of Chester, Manchester and Birmingham.

**Finance Assistant**

Oswestry School is seeking a Finance Assistant to start as soon as possible in January. This combined role will be responsible to the Finance Manager with their key responsibility processing the purchase ledger and will include other general finance tasks, including bank reconciliations, petty cash, post, and deliveries. They will also be one of the first points of contact for telephone calls into the School. Previous purchase ledger processing experience is helpful.

Hours of work are 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday - 52 weeks per year, although part-time applicants will be considered. Salary is dependent upon experience.
- The School reserves the right to offer the post at any stage in the appointment process or not to offer the post._

For further information or an informal discussion about the post and the school, please contact Mrs Rebecca Watkinson (Finance Manager) at


**or contact HR Administrator, Lesley Ward at**

Oswestry School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

A company limited by Guarantee No 3931222.

Charity Registration No. 1079822.

**About**Oswestry School**:
**Oswestry School**
- Upper Brook Street, Oswestry
- Shropshire
- SY11 2TL
- United Kingdom

+44 1691 655711

Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with a 11-18 senior school of c.400 pupils (120 of whom board) and a 4-11 Prep School of c.120 pupils. The strong ethos of the school is reflected in its fabulous pastoral care and sense of community. The School is a member of HMC and has been judged ‘excellent’ in recent inspections. The School is growing in size and standing. As well as providing a fantastic learning and living environment for young people, Oswestry School offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.

Oswestry School is located at the heart of its market town on the Welsh borders, with easy access to the great outdoors as well as good links to the local town of Shrewsbury and the cities of Chester, Manchester and Birmingham.

Located in the ancient town of Oswestry in the county of Shropshire, the School was founded in 1407 and, as such, lays claim to being one of the oldest truly independent schools in the country. It is located in a beautiful corner of Shropshire close to the Welsh border and enjoys a campus setting and extensive playing fields. Just 30 minutes from the market town of

Shrewsbury and an hour from the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester, the School is well located and draws pupils from all over the county and beyond through its extensive bus routes. A dynamic boarding community with pupils coming from over 30 countries provides a vibrancy and exciting diversity to the School; internationalism and diversity is celebrated and championed.

As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close professional relationship between staff and students. A recent ISI report described pupils as “energetic, articulate and responsible throughout the school.” Deliberately non-selective, the School strives to nurture and develop the talents and abilities of each and every pupil both inside and outside the classroom. Recent facility development includes a floodlit astroturf, the Momentum Sports hall, a refectory and a new library.

**Headmaster**

Peter Middleton

**Values and vision**

As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close academic relationship between staff and students. The school adopts a traditional approach to pastoral care, uniform and behaviour. Staff have high expectations of the ability of pupils to police their own behaviour and approach their education in a mature and adult way