Executive Assistant

Wixams Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BA

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  28 November 2025

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 November 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: £30,899

Executive Assistant job summary

Wixams Academy a recruiting an executive PA to work alongside the Headteacher!

Wixams Academy is a comprehensive Academy serving circa (in September 2023) 950 pupils including 120 pupils in the Sixth Form. We opened in 2017 with only 80 students and continue to grow annually (with new students and staff) to 1750 students and 200 staff by 2030. we are currently working with Bedford Borough Council and the Department for Education to expand the capacity of the school to facilitate this growth. The Academy has been popular and oversubscribed since opening and we have low staff turnover. The Academy is located one mile south of Bedford town centre and has a mixed community, with broadly national composition. We have recently merged Knowledge Schools Trust (KST) to create a local hub to drive further growth in the region.

As a PA you will provide high-level executive support to the Headteacher, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the Headteacher’s office and supporting the wider leadership team. This will include:

• Acting as a key point of contact between the Headteacher and internal/external stakeholders.

• Managing the Headteacher’s calendar, correspondence, and administrative tasks with discretion and efficiency.

• Preparing and coordinating documentation, briefings, and reports to support leadership and governance.

• Supporting the Headteacher with organisation and follow-up of key meetings, including minute taking where required.

• Providing administrative support to the wider Senior Leadership Team, including coordination of academy events and communications.

• Line managing designated administrative staff, ensuring high standards of performance and professionalism.

• Contributing to the effective running of the school by promoting efficient administrative systems aligned with the academy’s values and aims.

for full details, please see attached Job Description for full details. Interview to take place week commencing 8 December 2025.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS clearance check, Prohibition from Teaching Checks and a Section 128 Direction Check (if applicable). KST is committed to the safeguarding of the children and young people in our care and actively promotes their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. KST is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from minority groups.

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 Wixams Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 933 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wixams Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wixams-academy

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