Office Assistant - Part-time

St Peter's Church of England (VC) Primary School, Aylesford

• Ref:KCC886-3057-120S
• Posted:01/05/2026
• Pay:Kent Scheme A
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:17/05/2026 at 23:00
• Interviews:Wednesday 20th May

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We have two full time employees in our school office. The Business Manager is responsible for the financial aspects of school life, as well as other associated areas, and she works alongside an Office Administrator, who manages a whole host of other areas.

We also employ a part time Office Assistant, who completes many of the front of office duties, answering emails, phone calls, dealing with personal enquiries, as well as supporting the school staff with their requests and dealing with pupils who come to the office window with all manner of needs! The Office Assistant has responsibility for a number of set roles as an administrator, but they are also tasked with 'protecting' the other two members of the office staff, so that they can focus on their roles.

Unfortunately, our Office Assistant is leaving us to relocate. We aren't quite sure when she is leaving as yet, but we know it will be in the coming months. Ideally, we would like to appoint her replacement before she actually leaves us, so that we can provide a period of transition when the two can work alongside eachother to learn the role. 

The position would require you to start work at 8am, when we only have the Business Manager in the office, as this is a particularly busy period. You would work through until 1pm - Monday-Friday, which equates to 25 hours per week. This is a term time only position, however all school staff are required to work one or two inset days during school holidays, to complete safegurding training and the like.

The position is paid at grade KSA, which equates to £14,066 PA for these hours of work.

We have included a job description which outlines what your responsibiliites would be. However, in a small village school such as ours, we all need to be flexible, and there will undoubtedly be times when you are asked to do things way outside your job description. This school is like a family. We have just 208 pupils here. Our role is to make sure that all of the children feel happy, safe and secure, so that they can develop as people into confident, well rounded adults. For that to happen, it is crucial that our staff work as one, in a supportive manner. Your colleagues in the office are very capable and dedicated, but also friendly and supportive. Ideally we would wish you to have previous office experience, but if you were new to school administration, we would support you. 

We would strongly recommend that you contact us prior to applying for the role, in order to talk it through. You would be very welcome to visit the school and we will happily show you round and discuss the role in person. As you would expect, all appointments are subject to stringent safeguarding checks, interview process and subsequent DBS checks.

Information about the school

St Peter's is a small, delightful village primary school situated in the medieval village of Aylesford, housed in a Victorian building and the old vicarage, opposite the village church. We take pride in our caring and supportive attitude to everyone at the school and aim to ensure that the continued professional development of all staff is a priority.

We currently have 208 children in seven classes. Due to our popularity, KCC have extended our original classrooms so that each can now accommodate 30 pupils. We have grown from a roll of just 167 some 9 years ago. We have been over subscribed for our Year R intake for the past 3 years.

Our ethos is that we aim to develop the child as a whole. We are not focused on SATs league tables or achieving a judgement of Outstanding from Ofsted. We want to deliver to our pupils the type of rounded education that we would wish for our own children. This means delivering the widest and richest curriculum possible. We aim to provide our children with an education which prepares them for the adult life ahead of them.

Children learn a modern foreign language from Year R and continue to do so throughout their years here. Every Thursday is a Creative Day, when we only teach art, music, MFL, computing and PE. Education is not about focusing your efforts on achieving the highest possible SATs grades; real education is about providing our children with the best possible teaching and the widest possible curriculum.

We want our children to be both supported, and to be shown that it is quite alright to take a chance and to fail. They must learn that being taken out of their comfort zone is exciting and not frightening. We are preparing our children for life, not a test. But if we do so professionally, with high quality teaching, then they will succeed in tests as best as they are able, as well as being fully prepared for the life which awaits them.

We have a small team of dedicated staff who love their school and work extremely hard to ensure that our children receive the best possible education. We support each other and appreciate each other's strengths. This is a friendly and supportive environment and we welcome like minded individuals who wish to join us.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mr Jim Holditch
• Address:Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BE
• Telephone: 01622 717335
• Email: headteacher@stpetersaylesford.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 717235

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