Administration Assistant

Christ Church CE Primary School

West Bridgewater Street

Pennington

Leigh

WN7 4HB

Salary: Grade 3, £19,410 per annum. £13.70 per hour

32.5 hours per week, term time, working 38 weeks per year

Permanent

Required for October 2026

The Governors of Christ Church CE Primary School are looking to appoint an Administration Support Assistant who is committed to supporting the ethos of the school.

The successful candidate is required to be the school’s first point of contact for parents and visitors in addition to providing administrative and financial support to the headteacher, senior office staff and managers/staff within school. The successful candidate will be welcoming, personable, helpful, and able to represent the school in a professional and friendly manner whilst carrying out duties in the most effective, efficient and economic manner available.

The hours of work will be: Monday to Friday, 8.30am 15:30pm with a 30-minute lunchbreak (total of 32.5 hrs term time only).

Main responsibilities will include:

• To be the first point of call on the telephone and face to face for parents and visitors to school
• To respond to general enquiries from staff, pupils, parents and visitors and to undertake reception duties as required.
• To sort and distribute internal and external mail
• To provide general clerical and/or administration support
• To undertake general financial administration which may include reconciling school trip and snack monies.
• Maintain and update manual and electronic records to include management information systems on Arbor and Excel based databases.
• To assist in maintaining and collating registers, pupil reports and any other information as required.
• Any other tasks relevant to the post

Christ Church will offer:

• Supportive Governors. Staff and parents
• A positive working environment and ethos
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic children

If you think that you have the skills and abilities to join us, please return completed application forms to: enquiries@admin.christchurch.wigan.sch.uk

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

The closing date for applications will be Monday 5th October 2026 with interviews and tasks taking place Wednesday 7th October

Application forms are returnable to the school

If you require any further information, please contact the school on enquiries@admin.christchurch.wigan.sch.uk or 01942 673667

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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