Personal Assistant (PA)

The Morley Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0PD

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be agreed with successful candidate

• Closing date

  6 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only + 2 working weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: C3 (SCP 19-22), £32,061 - £33,699 Actual Salary: £28,283 - £29,728

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Morley Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague for the role of Personal Assistant (PA). This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy. The successful candidate will be expected to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Principal, requiring discretion, confidentiality, and decision-making. They will also take responsibility for specific tasks without the direct involvement of the Principal.

Potential applicants should have:

• GCSE Grade C/4 and above (or equivalent) in English.
• Ability to make complex administrative/meeting arrangements including agenda preparation and note taking.
• Minimum of two years’ relevant experience in a personal secretary role.
• Excellent organisational skills, and ability to effectively prioritise time and work.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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C3 Personal Assistant (PA) to Principal.pdf - 307 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Morley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1422 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Morley Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@morley.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-morley-academy

The Morley Academy is an Ofsted graded Outstanding 11-16 academy with 1546 students, making it a larger than average secondary school. Gaining the prestigious World Class Schools Quality Mark in 2016 and being reaccredited in 2018, Students at The Morley Academy have proved that they are ambitious, resilient and aspirational. Strong examination results and progress figures over the last few years have placed us within the top 200 schools nationally. In September 2015 the school became part of The GORSE Academies Trust led by Sir John Townsley. The Trust is a vibrant and forward thinking teaching community which places all students, in particular those who come from the most challenging backgrounds, at the centre of its work. The Trust officially has two outstanding secondary academies and one Outstanding Post-16 free school: Elliott Hudson College, the Post-16 provider of choice for the majority of Morley’s Year 11 cohort. Furthermore, in 2016 the Trust opened an Alternative Provision free school, The Stephen Longfellow Academy, a direct partner to all of the academies in the Trust. In addition to four primary academies, two of which are have been graded by Ofsted as Outstanding, the Trust also includes two Teaching Schools which provide leadership development and initial teacher training and the opportunity to be involved in innovative and exciting teaching and learning opportunities; the GORSE SCITT was also graded by Ofsted as Outstanding in 2017 adding testament to the fact that the Trust is one of the highest performing Multi Academy Trusts in the country.

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