Administrative Assistant - Full-time

Shenstone School, Crayford

Ref:KCC303-7001-125S
Posted:10/03/2025
Pay:Bexley 5 £24,354 actual salary (£28,521 FTE)
Start Date:Immediate
App Close Date:11/04/2025 at 23:00
Interviews:30/04/25

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As an Administrative Assistant at Shenstone School, you will be part of a supportive and dedicated team providing a positive, professional and welcoming environment to all members of the school community. You will provide efficient and timely administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team in all areas including Pupil Attendance & Welfare, Finance and Human Resources. A flexible attitude towards work is essential, along with an ability to communicate effectively with pupils, staff, parents and visitors. You must have excellent attention to detail and the ability to work using your own initiative as well as work as an effective team member. You should have a strong customer service ethos and be able to cope with conflicting demands. The post will be 5 days each week, term time only (plus 2 weeks) initially based at the Crayford site, however the successful candidate must be prepared to work flexibly in hours and location. It is paramount that you feel confident and resilient in working with pupils with challenging behaviour. As individuals, each pupil presents with different abilities and behavioural needs which vary from child to child. If you are interested in applying, we strongly encourage you to arrange a tour of our amazing school.

Information about the school

Shenstone School is an all-through school for children with severe or complex learning difficulties within the London Borough of Bexley. All pupils who attend Shenstone School have Education and Health Care Plans. We are one of two special schools within The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).

Shenstone School is based across three sites: Sidcup, Crayford, and Belvedere. We will introduce a new secondary year group every year. By 2029-2030, Shenstone will accommodate children aged 3 -19 across our three school sites.

Every child is an individual, and as such, we diligently work as a school team and with wider multi-agency support teams to ensure that our curriculum delivery recognises this individual support, supporting each child with their life-long learning journey.

Paramount to our ethos is the belief in “support for all”, which ensures that engagement with the pupils, their families, and our staff team is at the heart of all we strive to achieve. We work hard to ensure that Shenstone is a safe, happy, welcoming, and truly outstanding place where our pupils will thrive. Our school benefits from impressive facilities across all school sites, enabling us to offer a wide range of opportunities and activities to enhance learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Our pupils are amazing, and their progress is inspiring. Regardless of how big or small their successes are, we are very proud of the children and pleased to contribute to and support their achievements. The values and ethos of "together we engage, thrive, and achieve" are entwined through all that we do at Shenstone School.

Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.

Job Contact Information

Name:Georgia Bissett
Address:94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
Telephone: 01322 524145
Email: hr@shenstone-tkat.org

Documents

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Administrative Assistant Applicant Pack