We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and self -motivated Office Manager to join our team who is a dedicated professional who takes pride in delivery high-quality administrative support and ensuring the smooth running of a busy school office.
Required: to start as soon as possible or September 2026.
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Actual Salary: £30,715-£33,706 (Bucks Pay Range 5) Working Pattern: 41 weeks (term time + 5 INSET days + 2 weeks during the holidays) 37 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 24/06/2026
Interviews to be held: Wednesday 1st July 2026 - Applications will be considered on receipt and we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to interview candidates and withdraw the post if an appointment is made.
Westfield School is a primary aged special school for children who experience Communication and Interaction difficulties within the moderate learning difficulties range. We are continuing to expand so that more children can benefit from our provision and are increasing our staffing to support this.
We can offer you:
- Opportunity to shape and influence a growing and forwarding thinking school
- A positive, caring and forward-thinking environment with superb space and facilities
- A friendly and committed team of staff and governors and strong, supportive management
- Professional development and training opportunitiesA varied and rewarding role with a key strategic impact
Please visit www.westfieldschoolbucks.org for more information.
The role plays a key part in ensuring the school operates efficiently and sustainably, enabling staff to focus on delivering excellent education for the pupils.
- Manage the day-to-day office administrative functions
- Operational responsibilities across HR management and procedures
- Manage the booking and records of staff CPD
- Responsibility for maintaining the Single Central Record
- System lead for key systems eg MIS
- Manage and develop office team
- Oversight of the SEN administrative process
- Responsible for the coordination and submission of Workforce and School census
Please refer to the individual Job Descriptions for more information.
You will have:
- Experience of working in a busy and pressurised administrative environment (preferably within a school setting)
- Experience of HR management and procedures
- Experience of supporting and leading office staff effectively, modelling professionalism and teamwork
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
- Experience of developing and continually improving effective administrative systems and procedures.
- High levels of accuracy, meticulous attention to detail whilst maintaining professional integrity
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines
- Confident use of IT systems, including Microsoft 365
- Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities
Please refer to the individual Person Specification for more information.
Only applications submitted on the current Buckinghamshire Council application form will be considered. Please note we do not accept CV's.
Westfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, Teaching Regulation Agency, childcare disqualification, qualification and reference checks.
As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
