The Friary School Administrative / Finance Assistant Salary: 5 SCP 6-9 FTE £24,404 - £26,409 Pro Rata £22,166 - £23,987 Hours of work: 37 Hours per week 8am – 4pm Monday – Thursday 8am – 3.30pm Friday Contract: Full Time Permanent, Term Time plus 2 Weeks in the Summer holidays Responsible to: Finance Manager & School Manager Start Date: 23 rd June 2025 or ASAP The Friary School is part of the Primitas Learning Partnership is a popular and respected Lichfield secondary school which caters for well over a thousand local students and amongst the most over-subscribed school in South Staffordshire. The school was judged ‘good’ by OFSTED (March 2024) and performs strongly in the national Performance Tables. Indeed, the OFSTED Report was glowing in terms of celebrating extensive changes to school practice and flagged up “a culture of high aspiration” alongside “abundant energy and enthusiasm”, and celebrated that we were a “rapidly improving school” which has an “unwavering commitment to helping all pupils achieve highly”. Even so, the school is far from settled on ‘good’ and has put an action plan in place designed to propel the school to the ’outstanding’ benchmark and keep it there. This emphasis is not on simply ticking off an OFSTED badge but more importantly delivering an excellent education for the families of Lichfield and the surrounding area. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Administrative / Finance Assistant who is passionate about supporting our team and contributing to the success and growth of our organization. The successful candidate will be a team player who is dedicated to their role and committed to ensuring that our administrative and financial operations are the very best they can be. CLOSING DATE: Monday 19 th May 2025 at 12 noon. To apply for the post, please complete the application form, equality and monitoring form and return to Mrs Lisa Pratt either by post or email applications@friaryschool.co.uk by Monday 19 th May 2025 at 12 noon. CVs will not be accepted. For further information regarding our school and Primitas Learning Partnership, please visit our website at: https://friaryschool.co.uk/vacancies/ & www.primitas.co.uk Primitas Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such this post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check, Right to Work in the UK, and references. In addition, this post is subject to a ‘disclosure’ check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service. A copy of the schools Safeguarding, (including Child Protection) Policy can be found on our website https://friaryschool.co.uk and our approach to safer recruitment checks can be found at www.primitas.co.uk. Please note you will be required to provide evidence of your relevant qualifications.