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Part-time Office Assistant, 22.5 hours per week, term-time only. Monday-Friday mornings.

Barton Church of England (VA) Primary School, School Lane, Barton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7BD

Required for September 2025  

Job details

Salary: National Joint Pay Scale: Level 3, point 5/6

Contract type: part-time, 22.5 hours, Mon-Fri 8.30am-1pm, term-time only.

Reporting to: School Business Manager and Headteacher

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, professional and highly organised individual to join our friendly and supportive team. Working in a busy office environment, you will be the first point of contact for visitors to the school and the focal point for parent enquiries, either face-to-face or by telephone/email. Excellent administrative, interpersonal skills and a positive disposition are essential.

There is also the opportunity to combine this role with an additional role of Clerk to the Governing Body. As Clerk, you will be required to minute meetings (which take place before school and in the evening), prepare agendas and associated paperwork, and provide advice on governance matters and procedures. The hours of work are flexible but will need to be fitted in with the Governing Body’s requirements. You will be paid for 4 hours per week, but some weeks you may work over these hours and other weeks you will work less.

For the Office Administrator role, we are looking for someone who:

• will deliver a high standard of service to the school community, interacting effectively with children, staff, parents and external visitors
• will prioritise workload, multi-task and keep calm under pressure
• is flexible and able to work to a high degree of accuracy
• will be proactive with the willingness to work on your own initiative
• has excellent IT skills and a willingness to develop IT knowledge further (previous experience of ParentPay, Bromcom and ParentMail is desirable but not essential)
• has prior experience of working in a busy office
• will assist with playtime and lunchtime supervision as required
• will work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
• will promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

For the Clerk to the Governing Body role, we are looking for someone who additionally:

• will manage their own workload, adapting to the changing requirements of the role
• is able to produce clear and concise minutes
• ideally has knowledge of governance matters and legislation

At Barton School our vision is to educate and inspire every pupil in our school to become creative and independent thinkers, evidencing a love for learning and a thirst for knowledge.  We aspire to promote the skills to persevere with learning challenges and the curiosity to enquire further.  Our Christian ethos and school values focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding so that they can achieve their full potential. 

This is a great opportunity to be part of our dedicated team and friendly community here at Barton.  We are a small school with big ambitions, providing our children with a wealth of enrichment activities alongside high quality teaching and learning.  

We hope that the recruitment pack on our school website, www.bartonprimary.org.uk will provide you with all the information you need to make an application for this position.  Any further enquiries, or to visit the school please contact the school office on 01223 262474 or office@barton.cambs.sch.uk

Barton Primary School is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references, and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.  In line with guidance from the Safer Recruitment Consortium, an online search will also be completed for shortlisted candidates.  In addition, the job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and are not subject to disclosure to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account. If you are invited to interview you will be required to complete a “Disclosure of Criminal Record” form and bring the completed form to interview.

Closing date: Monday 16^th June 2025 at 8am

Interview: Wednesday 18^th June 2025