Business Assistant
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire, RG10 0AX |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 0e04e925-44c3-46f7-ae02-c3204c75961a |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
✔ Organised, with a keen eye for detail
✔ Flexible, adaptable, and able to juggle priorities
✔ Experienced in admin or finance (school experience is a bonus!)
✔ Always professional, but with a good sense of humor too!
What the school offers its staff
What Colleton Primary School Offers New Staff
• Supportive, Collaborative Environment
• Staff work as a team using flexible, innovative teaching methods
• There’s a culture of mutual support among colleagues
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Ongoing CPD is a feature
• Opportunities to innovate in your role and contribute ideas for school improvement
• Facilities and Outdoor Learning
• The school has outdoor learning spaces: gardens (vegetable and sensory) and a forest school
• There’s also an outdoor swimming pool
• New Nursery Provision
• We have now extended our school to include nursery provision (ages from 2–11).
• This broadens the age range and gives staff the chance to work with younger children if interested
• A Good Reputation & Strong Performance
• The school is rated “Good” by Ofsted
• Pupils’ achievements are in line with or above national averages in many areas
• Work / Life Balance & Staff Benefits
• Term‐time working for many roles
• Inclusive, Diverse Culture
• The school emphasizes being welcoming and inclusive
• Encouragement to recruit from diverse backgrounds
• Innovation in Learning Areas
• Use of open learning areas rather than traditional class boundaries. This can offer more flexibility in teaching approaches
• Outdoor/environmental learning is emphasized (gardens, open fire cooking, bees/chickens etc.)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
✔ Organised, with a keen eye for detail
✔ Flexible, adaptable, and able to juggle priorities
✔ Experienced in admin or finance (school experience is a bonus!)
✔ Always professional, but with a good sense of humor too!
What the school offers its staff
What Colleton Primary School Offers New Staff
• Supportive, Collaborative Environment
• Staff work as a team using flexible, innovative teaching methods
• There’s a culture of mutual support among colleagues
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Ongoing CPD is a feature
• Opportunities to innovate in your role and contribute ideas for school improvement
• Facilities and Outdoor Learning
• The school has outdoor learning spaces: gardens (vegetable and sensory) and a forest school
• There’s also an outdoor swimming pool
• New Nursery Provision
• We have now extended our school to include nursery provision (ages from 2–11).
• This broadens the age range and gives staff the chance to work with younger children if interested
• A Good Reputation & Strong Performance
• The school is rated “Good” by Ofsted
• Pupils’ achievements are in line with or above national averages in many areas
• Work / Life Balance & Staff Benefits
• Term‐time working for many roles
• Inclusive, Diverse Culture
• The school emphasizes being welcoming and inclusive
• Encouragement to recruit from diverse backgrounds
• Innovation in Learning Areas
• Use of open learning areas rather than traditional class boundaries. This can offer more flexibility in teaching approaches
• Outdoor/environmental learning is emphasized (gardens, open fire cooking, bees/chickens etc.)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.