PA to the Headteacher

Samuel Ryder Academy, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 5AR

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  16 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

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: £29,400.00 Annually (Actual) H7: Actual salary from £29,400 per annum

PA to the Headteacher job summary

Samuel Ryder Academy - St Albans

PA to the Headteacher

Grade: H7

Hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time + INSET + 2 weeks disaggregated over the academic year

Working pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00-16:00, Wednesday: 08:00-18:30

Actual salary: £29,400 per annum

Start Date: September 2026

We are looking for a professional who is well organised, positive and efficient to provide confidential and personal support to the Headteacher of Samuel Ryder Academy.

To be successful, you will have experience as a PA or secretary at a senior level, excellent secretarial and organisational skills, and to be used to working in a busy and sensitive environment. Highly competent in Microsoft Office, you will need a good general education, combined with excellent communications and interpersonal skills.

Working as part of a team, we will require you to use initiative and work without supervision. Able to work under pressure, you will need a sense of humour as well as having a flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to change.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 16th June

Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’Education Trust

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. 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. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 Samuel Ryder Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 1577 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Samuel Ryder Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/samuel-ryder-academy

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