Headteacher's Personal Assistant

Charters School, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 9QY

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2025

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  24 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,672.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 Point 18, FTE £33902

Headteacher's Personal Assistant job summary

Are you an organised and proactive professional who thrives on supporting excellence in education? Charters School, a high-performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school with approximately 1,700 students (including 360 in our Sixth Form), is looking for a dedicated Headteacher’s PA to provide exceptional administrative support and contribute to our school’s ongoing success.

At Charters School, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of our community, delivering a holistic education inspired by our core values: Unity, Respect, Excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide the Headteacher with high-quality, accurate, and timely administrative support.
• Support the school’s ambition to improve and sustain the highest levels of student achievement through effective administrative leadership.
• Lead by example, demonstrating passion and ambition aligned with the school’s values.
• Show resilience and skill in prioritising and delegating administrative tasks.
• Implement effective strategies to enhance achievement and progress, including seeking out best practices and engaging in coaching, mentoring, and open dialogue.
• Work with confidentiality and professionalism with the Trustee Board, leadership team, and staff.
• Ensure all actions comply with statutory safeguarding requirements.

Who we’re looking for:

• A highly organised, communicative, and proactive individual.
• Someone adaptable with excellent prioritisation and delegation skills.
• Commitment to upholding the school’s ethos and safeguarding standards.
• Experience in a PA or administrative role within an educational environment is preferred.

We offer a competitive salary, access to a contributory local government pension scheme and other staff benefits. Colleagues benefit from a commitment to staff well-being and are provided with several schemes to support them maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. We have a priority admission policy for children of staff working at the school.

Working hours: 37 hours per week: 8 am to 4 pm (to 3.30 pm on Friday), term time only (38 working weeks)

Join Charters School and be part of a community dedicated to the development and success of every student.

We welcome immediate applications for this post and all applications will be considered upon receipt, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the deadline.

To apply please visit: https://www.chartersschool.org.uk

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Charters School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1715 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charters School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charters-school

Charters School is a very heavily over-subscribed 11-18 Comprehensive Academy School with 1720 students on roll (including 400+ in the Sixth Form) located in Sunningdale. It has been graded an “outstanding” school on two successive occasions and is a dynamic, high-achieving secondary school where students are polite, motivated to succeed and enjoy their education.

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