Personal Assistant (PA) to the Principal and School Business Manager
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Hours of work: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8.00am – 4.00pm / Wednesday: 8.30am – 5.30pm / Friday: 8.00am – 2.30pm 37 hours per week 40 weeks per year - 38 term time weeks, plus 5 training days and 5 additional days during the holidays
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Tove Learning Trust Band H £28,624 - £32,115
Pay scale
- Actual annual starting salary: £25,251 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
PA TO THE PRINCIPALAND SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER
Permanent
Hours of work: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8.00am – 4.00pm /Wednesday: 8.30am – 5.30pm / Friday: 8.00am – 2.30pm
37 hours per week
40 weeks per year - 38 term time weeks, plus 5 training days and
5 additional days during the holidays
Tove Learning Trust Band H £28,624 - £32,115
Actual annual starting salary: £25,251 per annum
We are excited to invite applications for the role of Personal Assistant (PA) to the Principal and School Business Manager at Lord Grey Academy. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key support figure in our school community, offering a warm, welcoming presence while also ensuring smooth operations behind the scenes.
As the PA, you will play a vital role in supporting the Principal and School Business Manager with a range of tasks, including diary management, meeting preparation, handling correspondence and reports, note-taking, maintaining confidential filing systems, and providing hospitality when needed. Your ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism will be essential in this role.
We’re looking for someone who is flexible, organised, and capable of managing a varied and busy workload. Strong communication skills and office experience are key, along with proficiency in Microsoft applications like Word and Excel, and familiarity with Google tools such as Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Email. Experience with Bromcom and ParentMail would be advantageous, though training will be provided if necessary.
Above all, we seek someone who enjoys interacting with a diverse range of people, maintains a tactful and discreet approach, and sets clear, respectful boundaries while offering support to both staff and students. If you’re someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and is ready to contribute to a positive school atmosphere, we’d love to hear from you! A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/
What the school offers its staff
Join an Academy part of a highly supportive and growing MAT. Lord Grey joined Tove Learning Trust in April 2018 and is situated in Bletchley on the outskirts of the growing city of Milton Keynes. We achieved our GOOD OFSTED status in Summer 2022. Since then we have gone from strength to strength with improving GCSE and level 3 results; a football partnership with Paris St- Germain and winners of MK Inspiration Awards ‘Inspiring Secondary School’ 2023 and MK Educations Awards ‘Secondary School of the Year’; ‘Maths Team of the Year’ and ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ November 2023. The right candidate will join us on our exciting journey and enable us to continue to provide a great education for our amazing students as we prepare them for adult life. We have a strong collegial team who create a real atmosphere of collaboration and community who embody - Lord Grey Can!
Tove Learning Trust
The trust is committed to ensuring that all students achieve as highly as possible and we work hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. We have a small central team and a committed Board of Trustees that are focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where students thrive on success. There are seven secondary schools and one primary school in this growing Trust.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Further details about the role
A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/
Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Details on how to apply for this post are in the How to Apply Section of this booklet. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?
Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey Academy or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Wednesday 19th March 2025. Interviews to be held on Monday 24th March 2025.
Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lord Grey Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@lordgrey.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01908 626110
Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.
Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.
Arranging a visit to Lord Grey Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@lordgrey.org.uk.
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