PA to Assistant Headteacher
Birkenhead Park School, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UYThis job expired on 19 August 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
19 August 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 33 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 INSET days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,114
What skills and experience we're looking for
The role requires a proactive and efficient Personal Assistant who has proven experience and takes great pride in a job well done. Working both independently and as part of a team, you will use your own initiative and work professionally to resolve issues.
You will be required to provide excellent customer service to internal stakeholders and in-line with the wider trust approach, total quality is expected in everything you do.
The work is varied, highly rewarding and you will work directly for one of our Assistant Headteachers who has key responsibilities within the school.
You will have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, effective time management and be able to prioritise and balance a variety of tasks.
We are looking for someone who is educated to GCSE standard as a minimum, with GSCE Grade C or equivalent in English and Maths.
What the school offers its staff
The School is part of the BePART Educational Trust which includes Birkenhead Sixth Form College, an Ofsted Outstanding post-16 specialist. The School and the College work collaboratively to share and develop educational best practice and create an inspiring culture with opportunities for career development.
The Birkenhead Park School aims to achieve “Ambition and Excellence for All” and we are committed to providing the best possible education for every student. The School is driven by the values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience, and Thoughtfulness.
In 2022, The Birkenhead Park School began a transformation: a new leadership team, a new approach and a renewed focus on excellence.
Behaviour has improved significantly with the introduction of ‘Learning Habits’ and there has been an improvement in student attendance of seven percentage points, the best improvement in the Wirral.
Underpinning every element of what we do is our staff, and a staff survey this year showed that:
98% of staff are proud to work at the school
93% of staff believe the school has improved over the last year
If you are ambitious and determined to make a meaningful difference in a school that is on a journey of transformation, we would be pleased to welcome you to our team.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject
to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants
will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.
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About Birkenhead Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 746 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Birkenhead Park School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- cga@birkenheadparkschool.com
The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.
The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.
As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.
We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
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