PA to Hedteacher
Chellow Heights Special School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6AL11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week - Monday to Thursday 8am - 4pm and Friday 8am - 3:30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,971 - £28,213 (actual salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting opportunity for a PA to the Headteacher to join our team at Chellow Heights Special School.
As a Personal Assistant, you will work closely with the Headteacher to provide administrative support, usually on a one-to-one basis. As a key liaison between the Headteacher and all stakeholders—staff, governors, parents, and external partners—you will ensure the smooth and efficient management of administrative, organisational, and communication processes, enabling the Headteacher to maximise their effectiveness. You will provide a confidential, efficient, high calibre and personal service to the Headteacher in respect of all matters.
The Successful candidate will;
- Have an ability to relate well to pupils and adults.
- Be able to work constructively as part of a team.
- An ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Demonstrate good co-operative, interpersonal and listening skills.
- Have a good sense of humour.
- Be willing to share expertise, knowledge and experience.
- Always be approachable, courteous and able to present a positive image of the school to callers and visitors.
- Maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school, its pupils, parents and carers.
What the school offers its staff
Chellow Heights school is a large special school which is located on two separate sites. Both sites offer exceptional learning environments for our pupils which enhance their learning and quality of life experiences. These include an outstanding outdoor provision, multi-sensory rooms, soft play, food technology rooms and our ‘engine’ rooms which are used to support our pupils with their sensory processing.
Our West Site is the larger provision and in addition to the resources highlighted above, also boasts a multi-sensory hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy room, music therapy room and jungle gym (soft play room).
Our South Site is a much smaller provision in terms of the size of building yet capitalises brilliantly on the large outdoor space available.
Our mission statement ‘ Enjoy, achieve, excel, excite, one vision, one community, new heights ’encapsulates our purpose. We believe that children learn best when they are having fun and enjoy what they do. Although located on two separate sites (South & West), we are very much one community with one vision to provide a personalised education to our pupils.
The post will be based at ourWestsite however you will be expected to work across both sites.
Chellow Heights iscommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and where applicablea prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on theMinistry of Justice websiteand further information about filtering offences can be found inDBS filtering guide
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.
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About Chellow Heights Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 11
- School size
- 254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chellow Heights Special School website
- Email address
- hradmin@chellowheightsschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01274 484242
Chellow Heights is a generic special school for learners aged 2 – 11 years. We are based on two sites. The main site is in the west of Bradford, located within a campus of schools, Heaton Primary, Belle Vue Girls High School, Beckfoot Upper Heaton Academy and High Park School an all age school for Communication and Interaction. Our second, smaller site is in the south of Bradford at Low Moor. It is not co-located.
Our pupils come from across Bradford and reflect the diverse population of the district. Pupils attending Chellow Heights School are learning at levels below those expected of their mainstream peers and their needs can best be met in a special school rather than a mainstream school. Our pupils usually have a Statement of Educational Needs or an Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names Chellow Heights as an appropriate school. A minority come to us on an assessment placement before a Statement or EHCP has been issued or finalised. All pupils are placed with us by the Local Authority.
The vast majority of pupils also have a range of physical, medical, sensory, communication and social, emotional and mental health needs needs which may impact on their ability to learn and may result in the need for additional support through one or more of our Intervention Teams. For many pupils their additional medical needs also impact on their ability to attend school. We have close links with the NHS.
The school opened in April 2010 with 54 pupils we now have over 250 children on roll over the two sites. The west site is built on two floors and has 17 classrooms and other specialist rooms The south site is a single story building designed for 49 pupils and has 74 on roll. It also has some specialist areas. We are still developing both sites with new areas to help our pupils develop and learn our main focus this year is to develop a small animals pet area in our field on the South, Low Moor Site and to further develop the Sensory Gardens on both sites and the Forest School area on the south. A new five year business plan will be published shortly showing our priorities future developments.
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