Admissions, Events and Finance Assistant

About the role

If you are enthusiastic, child-centred and dedicated to supporting children as we build strong foundations for their life-long learning journey and would like to work in a high quality school setting, consistently rated Outstanding by Ofsted, we would like to hear from you.

Our setting has large, well-equipped rooms which are beautifully furnished and thoughtfully arranged.  We have an amazing outdoor environment and forest school garden for children to play in and explore. 

We value teamwork and support continued professional development. Would you like to be the one to make a real difference to the lives of young children, a difference that remains with them and enables them to out-perform their peers throughout their education?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Admissions, Events and Finance Assistant to join our administration team. 

Contract:  Permanent, term time only. Grade H4 (£25,183- £26,409* FTE). This post is 0.54 Full Time Equivalent (FTE), actual pay £13,387 - £14,261*. 

* pay award pending

Working hours:  24 hours a week during term time. 24 hours per week, for 38 teaching weeks a year (plus annual leave entitlement). 4-5 days per week, between 8.30am-1.30pm. One of these days must be a Friday.

Responsibility: 

You will be a friendly, motivated and efficient administrator able to:

• Work with the team to oversee the smooth running of the nursery school’s admissions process;
• Organise the school’s events, including parent consultations, and extra-curricular activities;
• Provide general financial and administrative support to the school under the direction/instruction of the Headteacher and School Business Manager;
• Provide an efficient and effective reception to all the school community.

Please email sbm@batfordnursery.herts.sch.uk for more information.

Please note that we will review applications as they come in and may close the advertisement early if suitable candidates are forthcoming, so please don't delay getting in touch/submitting your application.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

As part of due diligence checks, online searches will carried out on staff, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.

Batford Nursery School is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.  We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community in a workplace where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.  The school promotes the practice of using anonymised application forms to manage unconscious bias.