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Administrative Assistant Level 3

Job details

Required from 1st June 2026 (flexible for the right candidate)

Part time (12.5 hours per week, term time only) – Days negotiable but ideally worked across Monday Thursday and Friday each week. The hours will be split across both schools, with a greater weighting towards Brampton Abbotts initially.

The Role

Brampton Abbotts and Bridstow CE Primary Schools are seeking to appoint a friendly, professional and highly organised Administrative Assistant Level 3 to join our small school team.

This is a shared role working across both schools, supporting the smooth and efficient running of the school offices and providing a welcoming first point of contact for pupils, parents, staff and visitors.

The successful candidate will provide essential administrative support, contributing to the effective day‑to‑day operation of both schools. The post holder will need to work with a high level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail, while managing changing priorities in a busy school environment.

The ideal candidate will;

• Be competent in using IT systems for administrative outcomes, as well as having confident knowledge and use of Microsoft 365 (particularly Word and Excel)
• Be forward‑facing and have positive people skills
• Have a professional and friendly manner
• Be able to solve problems with strong attention to detail
• Have a clear understanding that professional discretion is paramount
• Have the ability to prioritise workloads and respond to changing demands
• Have good numeracy and literacy skills (English and Maths)
• Be able to maintain confidentiality at all times within a school environment

Previous administrative or office‑based experience including financial and HR related experience would be desirable.

What We Offer

• A warm, supportive school community across two rural schools
• Friendly, collaborative staff teams
• A varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same
• Flexibility for the right candidate

If you are organised, approachable and enjoy being at the heart of a school community, we would be delighted to hear from you.

For more information contact

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed but not essential.

For a copy of the application pack or for any follow-up queries, please contact Executive Headteacher, Dan Brearey on dbrearey@bramptonabbotts.hereford.sch.uk or call on either 01989 562256 (Brampton) or 01989 562623 (Bridstow).

Please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement before the published closing date if a suitable candidate is found.

Brampton Abbotts CE Primary School & Bridstow CE Primary School are committed to the protection and safety of its pupils and therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at Enhanced Level and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Hoople Ltd is working on behalf of our Client as a Recruitment Agency.