Educational Support Assistant

3 days ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Swindon Academy Full time

**Salary**

£24,456 per annum

**Contractual hours**

37.5

**Basis**

Full Time

**Region**

Swindon

**Date posted**

30/01/2025

**Job reference**

REQ002696

**_Are you looking for a new challenge?_**

**_ Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people?_**

**_ An Exciting Opportunity to join Swindon Academy_**
- We are looking to appoint an Educational Support Assistant - Admissions and Parental Communication_

**School**:Swindon Academy

**Job Title**: Educational Support Assistants - Admissions and Parental Communication

**Required**: ASAP

**Salary**:£25,456 per annum

37.5 hours per week (negotiable)

Term time plus 2 weeks

**Contract**:1 Year (Maternity Cover)

Swindon Academy is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individual who will provide admin assistance to the academy SLT teams. In addition to providing SLT admin support you will be responsible for the following areas under the direction and leadership of the Educational Support Officer and work as a Team to ensure that all areas are supported as necessary.

**In this role you will be**:

- Confidential secretary and Personal Assistant to either the Principal or Secondary Head Teacher
- Undertake confidential and non-confidential administration for the Senior Leadership Team.
- Effectively manage internal projects on behalf of the senior leadership team
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders

**Admissions & Parental Communications Support Assistant**:

- Work with Swindon Borough Council Admissions Team
- Handle all stakeholder and parent enquiries regarding admissions
- Manage all aspects of general admissions to the Academy
- Manage In year admissions to the Academy
- Manage the admission process of year 7 and reception children into the Academy
- Assist in managing student recruitment events
- Liaise with SBC regarding appeals
- Handle complaints that the school may receive from all stakeholders
- Manage all parent communication to the Principal
- Manage all communication from the Principal to parents and stakeholders.
- Ensure that Academy Policies are kept up to date and stored and shared as appropriate
- Manage FoI requests that relate to students.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

**The school**

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

**United Learning**

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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