School Support Roles - Supervisory Assistant & Administrative Assistant

St Peter's Primary School are seeking to fill two vital part-time opportunities within our school community. From delivering excellent administrative service to supporting our children over lunch times, these roles are essential to helping our school run at its absolute best.

Administrative Assistant

• Fixed term until 31st August 2027, term time only plus 5 training days.
• Hours: 9am - 11am, Monday - Friday, 10 hours per week.
• Grade 5 £27,274 - £28,153 per annum pro rata, pay award pending (actual salary £6,312 - £6,516).

We are looking for a colleague who is: 

• A great communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Experienced in a similar administrative role.
• Educated to a good standard, with strong numeracy and literacy skills.
• Highly motivated and committed to delivering excellent customer service.

Supervisory Assistant

• Fixed term until 31st August 2027, term time only.
• Hours: 11:30am - 1:00pm, Tuesday, 1.5 hours per week.
• Grade 2 £25,614 per annum pro rata (actual salary £866 per annum).

We are looking for a colleague who has: 

• Proven ability to safeguard children, build positive relationships, and handle challenging behaviours with emotional resilience.
• Strong communication skills to work as part of a supportive team and a flexible approach to meet changing daily requirements.
• Experience working in a similar role in a school setting.
• Ability to deal well with minor incidents, first aid and the personal health and hygiene of pupils.

Apply for Multiple Roles
We welcome applications from candidates interested applying for one or both of these roles.
Please clearly state in your supporting statement which of the roles you are for, or if you're applying for both.

At St Peter's Primary School, we strive to provide the best possible education catering for every child's individual needs. We celebrate the individual talents of our pupils and it is our job to build upon these and encourage new opportunities by providing a broad, well balanced and creative curriculum. 

Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across our trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland's leading wellbeing provider.
• National living Wage, meaning everyone at NEAT Academy Trust receives a minimum hourly wage of £13.45 per hour.
• Cycle to work scheme offering savings on a range of bikes and safety equipment via salary sacrifice.
• Access to free eyes tests for DSE users.
• Opportunities for flexible working.
• Discounts for large national retailers and local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, insurance and much more.
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Family friendly schemes such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and emergency dependent leave.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Thursday 1st October 2026.

Please note, the expected date for interviews is Wednesday 7th October 2026.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.