Executive Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team

Forest Bridge School, Maidenhead, SL6 1BN

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £35,980.00 - £37,767.00 Annually (Actual) Salary shown is actual salary for TTO plus 5 inset days

Executive Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team job summary

Job Purpose

The Executive Assistant will provide full executive support to the Senior Leadership Team, including leading on the administration requirements arising from their responsibilities. The role involves establishing, maintaining, and promoting good relationships with all stakeholders, and providing high-level professional support to the SLT.

Main Responsibilities

Deal with enquiries from parents, staff, and all stakeholders, acting as a link between them and the SLT.

Assist the SLT in organising their administrative workload, recommending items to be dealt with in order of priority, and ensuring timely responses.

Coordinate the diaries for all the SLT members, arranging appointments where needed

Make travel/training arrangements for the SLT.

Provide care for their visitors, including refreshments.

Assemble and prepare papers required by SLT members for meetings, reports, or information requests.

Handle all confidential correspondence with discretion.

Assist with the management of the school's social media.

Manage projects on behalf of the SLT.

Ensure that daily and strategic goals are reached by problem-solving as appropriate.

Communicate on behalf of the SLT, using discretion and tact to ensure professional responses.

Schedule and facilitate meetings, including preparation, and circulation of agendas and minute-taking ensuring follow-up on all previous meeting actions.

Manage key documents, such as minutes, timetables, Rota's etc.,

Ensure the maintenance of clear and effective filing, records, and other systems.

Support the organisation and detailed planning of special events, such as school productions.

Foster links between the school and the local community.

Carry out research for the SLT members as required.

Maintain a high degree of confidentiality regarding issues concerning staff, strategic changes, and pupils.

This role may incur some out-of-hours work by agreement.

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not restrictive and the post-holder may be required to undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time in line with the role. Any such duties should not however substantially change the general character of the post. It is anticipated that this job description will change over time in accordance with the needs of the role. The role holder will be consulted on any proposed amendments. It should not however substantially change the general character of the post. It is anticipated that this job description will change over time in accordance with the needs of the role. The role holder will be consulted on any proposed amendments.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Forest Bridge School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 122 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Forest Bridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/forest-bridge-school

Forest Bridge School is a Special Free School for children (4-16 years) with autism which opened in September 2015 and has moved into our purpose built building in March 2021. The school’s vision is: To be a leading provider of education for children and young adults with the primary diagnosis of autism. Combining Applied Behaviour Analysis, evidence-based therapy and effective personalised curriculums to enable pupils to fulfil their potential, prepare for adulthood and lead happy lives.

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