Job Description

We are looking for a professional, friendly and efficient office assistant to join our Academic Administration Team, providing general administrative support in our busy school office and supporting the welfare and wellbeing of our children. Acting as a school ambassador in this outward facing role, the successful candidate will have first class communication and administration skills and the ability to create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere to parents, staff and students. Experience of working within a fast paced and multi-tasking environment is essential.


Bedales School is a unique educational establishment, set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside. Our aim is to create an environment where questioning, divergent thinking and freedom to learn from mistakes are all encouraged. Central to our success is the sense that each person is a member of our community whose voice is entitled to be heard and treated with respect. Both our staff and students expect of each other the best kind of relationships - co-operative, authentic and trustful.

Experience & Background

The ideal candidate should have a love for learning and working with children. You will need to be educated to A level standard or equivalent with experience in a comparable customer focussed administration role and must have excellent IT skills. You will also be a reliable and capable individual, who can use their own initiative and be proactive, as well as work as part of a team.


This post is Regulated Activity.


Please read the job description for more details.

Hours of Work

The hours of work are 17.5 hours per week, 12:30 - 16.00 Monday to Friday during term time. Whilst this is a term time only post (working 33 weeks per year), there is also a requirement to work an additional 37.5 hours outside of term time.

Salary

The full time equivalent salary is 25,749 per annum. The pro-rata total salary, based on the above hours and weeks of work, is 9,184 per annum.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Funded Healthcare Cash Plan

Pension with Royal London

Salary Extras Benefits Platform

Employee Assistance Programme

Pre-Appointment Checks

All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this post please read the which includes full details regarding the post. CVs cannot be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application form.

Closing date: 09:00 Monday 8 December 2025

Application reviews will be via Teams: Monday 8 December 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 9 December 2025

Early application is advised as Bedales reserve the right to make an appointment at any stage of the application process.


Job related enquiries for the Recruiting manager can be forwarded via Belinda Usmar, Head's PA via email to: busmar@bedales.org.uk.


All other enquiries relating to the recruitment process, should be forwarded to recruitment@bedales.org.uk

Safeguarding Statement:

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.


Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.


The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection; providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to; playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm; When concerned about the welfare of a pupil, acting in the best interests of the pupil.
All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.


The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates 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.