PA to the Co-Headteacher

JOB TITLE

PA to the Co-Headeachers

Closing Date:

09:00 – Tuesday 17 December 2024

Interviews scheduled for the week commencing 6 January 2025.

Date posted:

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Salary:

SO2 (Outer London)

£38,934 - £40,755 (pro-rata)

Pro-rata value = 0.935FTE = £36,247 - £37,943

Contract type:

Full Time – 36 hours/week. Term time only + 3 weeks

Contract term:

Permanent

Start date:

Flexible start date

“Staff are proud of the work they do. Building on the long-standing traditions of the school, staff support the development of ‘courteous, respectful and calm’ young men, reflecting the school’s well-established values.” 

[Ofsted Report] 

Our School 

Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where all staff can develop. Our staff are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) remain ambitious and highly successful. We are proud of our long history and have a commitment to excellence and are a high-performing school. 

Our Ethos 

Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower our staff and encourage everyone to work collegially in achieve the best outcomes possible. Our school is systematically organised and pastoral processes are tightly managed to allow staff to build professional relationships with students in order to create excellent learning environments. Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values. We expect all staff to contribute to this ethos. 

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly capable person as the PA to the Co-Headteachers. This is a full-time permanent post, term time only, plus three weeks. This is an exciting opportunity to work as direct support for the determined and successful Senior Leadership Team. The role also includes line managing the main office; full details can be seen in the job description. You will ensure that the school receives excellent administrative support and be a motivated individual committed to working collaboratively. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work and who will therefore contribute to our students’ success. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and open culture in which all staff can develop and thrive. You will be accountable to the Co-Headteachers.

We are looking for:

• Relevant and successful experience
• An ability to build excellent working relationships
• Superb clerical and administrative skills
• A hard-working, self-motivated, proactive, organised and reliable individual
• Ability to liaise effectively with visitors, students and staff
• Excellent communication skills.

Our Location 

We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport. 

Visit Us  

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents. 

You are very welcome to arrange to visit us and to experience why we are such a successful school and a fantastic place to develop your career.  

Amongst other benefits, we offer: 

• Working with dynamic, innovative and supportive colleagues
• Induction into the school, a continuing professional development schemes and carefully considered succession planning. 
• Superb ICT facilities
• Investment in an employee assistance programme through a subscription to APL Health. 
• A chef-led canteen service. 
• Access to schemes such as: childcare vouchers; cycle to work and free flu jabs. 

Application details

Further recruitment details, including a School Information Pack, a role information document and an application form are on our website www.isleworthsyon.org under ‘Staff Recruitment’. Please ensure that all sections of the form are completed.

Isleworth & Syon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and other pre- and post-employment checks, including, where appropriate police check from other countries. In addition, if shortlisted, we will undertake online searches to ensure the suitability of applicants who aspire to work in our school.

Our Data Protection Policy and our Privacy Notice for applicants, can also be found on the website.

More about Isleworth & Syon School

Type: Mainstream School                             Address: Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5LJ

Phase: Secondary with Sixth Form               Telephone: +44 20 8568 5791

Funding status: State – Academy                  http://www.isleworthsyon.org

Gender: Boys and mixed Sixth Form            email: school@islewothsyon.org

Age range: 11-19 years