Finance Assistant
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 December 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AP |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | a04627ad-5263-4ee1-a210-fd4890f7a635 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ April 2025 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.
We are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to provide technical and administrative support for the Finance Manager, working in a small friendly team
The successful candidate will have excellent IT skills and be a supportive and effective team member. They will be able to be calm under pressure, work positively with students, parents, staff and external agencies and have strong people skills and a desire to learn, sometimes in challenging situations.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• a welcoming and friendly team of excellent staff
• a supportive working environment
• students with a drive to succeed
A willingness and ability to offer time and energy to our wellbeing programme &/or extra-curricular provision (which we believe adds significant value to our character based approaches to education, including our Duke of Edinburgh and Ten Tors), will be taken into consideration for applications.
Commitment to safeguarding
As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students. This role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.
St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ April 2025 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.
We are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to provide technical and administrative support for the Finance Manager, working in a small friendly team
The successful candidate will have excellent IT skills and be a supportive and effective team member. They will be able to be calm under pressure, work positively with students, parents, staff and external agencies and have strong people skills and a desire to learn, sometimes in challenging situations.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• a welcoming and friendly team of excellent staff
• a supportive working environment
• students with a drive to succeed
A willingness and ability to offer time and energy to our wellbeing programme &/or extra-curricular provision (which we believe adds significant value to our character based approaches to education, including our Duke of Edinburgh and Ten Tors), will be taken into consideration for applications.
Commitment to safeguarding
As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students. This role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.