Location
Burnley Heasandford Primary School, Williams Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 3DA (620 on roll)
Tel: 01282 422009
School website: www.heasandford.co.uk/
Summary
Heasandford Primary School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, skilled and dedicated School Business Support Officer to join our friendly staff and fulfil this key role at our wonderful school. The successful candidate should have experience against the
Heasandford is a wonderful place to work with friendly, hardworking children and a supportive staff team. We are a large and popular school, located close to the centre of Burnley. All staff work hard to ensure we provide the best for our children and their families and the children are always at the heart of everything we do.
As an office administrative assistant, reporting to the Office Manager and Head Teacher, you will be responsible for maintaining, updating and extracting information from systems and databases and providing general administrative/clerical/financial support for the school. This could include producing financial and management information and/or the provision of general advice and guidance to pupils, parents and staff or call for the use of higher level text processing/spreadsheet/IT skills or audio typing that involves the use of a range of software packages.
Weekly working hours are: Monday to Friday (35 hours/8.30am - 4.00pm) and the position is term-time only.
Please note CVs are not accepted; to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached and return to:
[email protected]
Heasandford Primary School is an Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. Heasandford also takes its responsibility to safeguard and protect the interests and welfare of its children and any successful applicant will be subject to rigorous safeguarding checks.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.
This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro rata basis.
The closing date is 12 noon 26/06/2026
Essential Qualifications
GCSE (or equivalent) grades 4 (C+) and above, in both English Language and Mathematics
Desirable Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) Business Administration
Essential Experience
- Experience of Microsoft Office systems
- Experience of working in a busy administrative setting
Desirable Experience
- Experience of customer interaction - in person and telephone
- Experience in use of database/MIS systems (e.g Horizons)
For an informal discussion please contact:
If you have any questions about the post, please contact Miss Gibson, the office manager, in the school office.
Proposed Interview Date:
03/07/2026
Equal Opportunities statement
An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.
