Job Description

Sedgefield Community College, part of Laidlaw Schools Trust, is a highly successful 11-16 school located in County Durham. Our students join us from the village of Sedgefield and also many other local towns and villages in the area. We pride ourselves on the way a very comprehensive intake of students comes together as one strong school community. Our vision at Sedgefield is summed up by the phrase 'Achieve at Sedgefield' and we work tirelessly to support all students to achieve excellent progress in every sense of the word. Our success in achieving this vision has resulted in the school being extremely popular for a number of years and this is reflected in very high student numbers.

We are looking for an

Administrative Assistant

to join our team and provide effective administrative and clerical support to facilitate the day to day running of the college office.

This is a term time position working 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8:30am until 4:30pm, Friday 8:30am until 4:00pm.

Salary: Grade 3, points 4-6 25,185 - 25,989 (FTE) 21,730 - 22,424 (Actual)

We are very fortunate at Sedgefield Community College to enjoy exceptional facilities in our state-of-the-art buildings and also a fabulous school site. Of course, any building is secondary to the people who are to be found within it. We have a brilliant staff team and we all share a number of common values that inform the way we work each day. Primary amongst these is the fact that we want all of the team at SCC to be positive about their role every day. At times we will face challenges, but with our highly skilled team, we know we can overcome these to provide the exceptional education that our students deserve.

At Laidlaw Schools Trust we appreciate the amazing work that our people do every day and like to reward our staff through benefits that are mentally, physically and financially rewarding. To see a complete list of our benefits please visit:

https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/120/benefits

To see the full job description and person specification for this role and to apply online please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Administrative_Assistant/286628

If you require assistance with your application please contact: recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk

Closing Date for applications: 12 noon on Friday 31st October 2025

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children's safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 25,185.00-25,989.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount On-site parking
Work Location: In person