HR Lead

Elthorne Park High School, London, W7 2AH

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 35 hours per week. Term time plus one week on the summer break.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £44,655 - £46,545

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications & Training

• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent professional HR experience) — Essential
• Safer Recruitment training certificate (or willingness to complete immediately) — Essential
• Degree or equivalent qualification — Desirable

Experience

• Managing HR processes within an education or public sector setting — Essential
• Maintaining a Single Central Record (SCR) to statutory compliance standards — Essential
• Coordinating payroll data and working alongside finance teams — Essential
• Advising managers on employee relations, absence management, and policy application — Essential
• Line managing staff or leading a small administrative team — Desirable

Knowledge & Skills

• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and safer recruitment guidance — Essential
• Understanding of school terms and conditions (Burgundy Book and Green Book) — Desirable
• High-level spreadsheet skills (Excel) and proficiency with school MIS systems — Essential
• Excellent communication skills for handling sensitive conversations with diplomacy — Essential
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong data-entry accuracy — Essential

What the school offers its staff

About Elthorne Park High School

Elthorne Park High School is a successful, significantly oversubscribed 11–18 mixed school in Ealing with over 1,500 students, including 380 in the Sixth Form. In March 2025, Ofsted judged our school to be Outstanding.

Staff have access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme and are encouraged to develop professionally.

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.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Safer Recruitment & Single Central Record (SCR)

• Maintain the SCR with absolute accuracy to guarantee total statutory compliance.
• Oversee all recruitment processes including advertisements, shortlisting and interview day schedules.
• Execute pre-employment checks such as DBS, right to work, references and qualifications.
• Ensure full compliance with statutory safer recruitment procedures

2. Payroll, Pensions & Contract Administration

• Manage payroll data and collaborate with the School Business Manager (SBM) to verify salary payments.
• Record all staff variations including salary changes, allowances, timesheets and annual leave.
• Administer timesheets for peripatetic music tutors, exams invigilators and claims for other occasional and casual staff.
• Resolve HR queries involving contracts, leave, salaries, pensions, hours and flexible working.
• Onboard new starters and issue all necessary employment documentation.

3. Operational Advice & Staff Relations

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across academic and support departments.
• Provide operational guidance on employee relations, policies and employment law.
• Administer formal processes for disciplinary, capability and grievance procedures.
• Keep accurate meeting records and support senior leaders with HR investigations.
• Schedule HR-related meetings between school colleagues and the Headteacher.

4. Absence Management & Staff Wellbeing

• Manage the sickness absence process and track staff attendance data.
• Conduct informal review meetings for staff hitting sickness absence thresholds.
• Arrange Occupational Health assessments and coordinate phased returns or reasonable adjustments.
• Partner with the leadership team to review, implement, and champion staff wellbeing initiatives.

5. Performance & Performance Lifecycle

• Oversee appraisal processes specifically for non-teaching and support staff.
• Arrange exit interviews for leavers to gather feedback and identify retention trends.
• Liaise with recruitment agencies for in-year staffing appointments alongside the SBM and DHTs.
• Line manage the Office Manager, conducting regular check-ins and annual appraisals.
• Complete other reasonable duties as directed by the Headteacher.

6. General duties

• Perform an annual procurement process for TES adverts, Smartclinic, SCR tracker and HR advice/software in collaboration with the SBM.
• Attend first aid training

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake
a DBS enhanced clearance for the school.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Elthorne Park High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1580 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elthorne Park High School website
• Email address: whenderson@ephs.ealing.sch.uk
• Phone number: 020 8566 1166
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elthorne-park-high-school

Elthorne Park High School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed 11-18 mixed community school with around 1580 students on roll including 375 in our growing sixth form. We are situated in West London within walking distance of Boston Manor underground station and are a high-performing school with outcomes which consistently place us in the top 10% of schools nationally.

We have again received a record number of applications for post 16 study this year.

We were judged to be outstanding at our last inspection and take great pride in our high levels of staff retention and our innovative programme of continuous professional development.

Arranging a visit to Elthorne Park High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email whenderson@ephs.ealing.sch.uk.

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