PA to Headteacher / Clerk to Governors

Required from 1 September 2024

Grade 8 – Actual Salary Currently £23,308 - £25,380 – Pending Pay Award

37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only plus 5 Days

Governors of this popular, successful and oversubscribed 11-16 High School are seeking to appoint a committed, motivated and enthusiastic PA to Headteacher / Clerk to Governors to join our administration team.  

The PA to Headteacher post will involve a wide range of administrative support to the Headteacher, including diary management, filtering emails and calls, minuting meetings, writing reports and creating presentations. The post holder will also lead on recruitment across the school, advertising posts, arranging interview panels and setting up new employees with the Local Authority. You will also be responsible for monitoring / recording staff attendance and organising attendance management meetings. 

The Clerk to Governors role involves organising the termly governing body meetings, along with the termly sub-committee meetings (these may be in the evening). Compilation of the agendas and supporting papers for distribution to governors, attending the meetings to minute and keeping various records on behalf of the governing body is also required. Full training will be provided in these areas, along with job shadowing if needed.

The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2022) reiterated the strengths that had been confirmed in the previous report (2017) and are firmly embedded across our school. The inspection team noted that ‘pupils are proud to attend’ Elton with an established culture of ‘high aspirations for what pupils can achieve’.  Our students achieve well, with inspectors being particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students – their ‘positive behaviour at all times is characteristic of the respectful culture of this school [and] their positive conduct reflects leaders’ high standards’. 

The success of our school is built on the expertise of our high-quality staff. We have a strong system of staff training in place aimed at developing the very best practice, moreover we have a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give of their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the well-being of everyone in our school community and consistently review opportunities to further promote staff well-being. Initiatives include a half termly Golden Week (no meetings scheduled) and an annual Well-being Day for every member of staff.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented and suitably experienced candidate to contribute to our next steps in pushing Elton to realise its potential as one of the very best schools in the Greater Manchester area.

The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS. Please note that, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Please visit our website for further details and to download an application pack www.eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/vacancies. Applications are to be submitted to Mrs Joanna Filkins, School Business Manager at filkinsj@eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk.  

Closing date: 09.00am on Monday 12 August 2024