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Personal Assistant to Head of School
Wollaston School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7PH20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,540.00 - £32,497.00
Pay scale
- NJC, Grade H, points 14 to 20
What skills and experience we're looking for
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO HEAD OF SCHOOL– Required for Sept 26
Vacancy details: Grade H, 37 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year£29,540 – £32,497 Actual Salary
About the Role:
Wollaston School is seeking a proactive and highly organised PA to provide dedicated support to our brand new Head of School, who will join us in September. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the school’s leadership, supporting the Head’s successful transition and helping to establish their priorities for the future.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as the main point of contact for the Head of School during their onboarding and initial term
- Managing a complex diary, communications, and correspondence
- Supporting induction, stakeholder introductions, and initial projects
- Providing high-quality administrative and secretarial support
- Assisting with the organisation of key meetings and school events
About You:
We’re looking for someone with experience as a PA, executive assistant, or similar role – ideally in an educational setting. You’ll be confident, discreet, and able to handle sensitive information, with excellent organisational and communication skills. You’ll play a central role in supporting the Head of School and building strong relationships across our school community.
About Us:
Wollaston School is a thriving, inclusive secondary school with 1,400 pupils, located in the beautiful setting of Wellingborough, NN29. We are committed to continuous improvement, high standards, and providing the very best for our students.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 13th July 2026 @ Midday
Availability required from candidates on 16th July, with interviews to be held:20th & 21st July 2026.
Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and the provision of two references one of which MUST be your most recent or last employer.
Please complete our online application form please visit:
https://nenevalleypartnership.com/join-our-team ,
Also email a cover letter, detailing your suitability for this role to:
nvp-recruitment@nenevalleypartnership.com
What the school offers its staff
About Us:
Wollaston School is a thriving, inclusive secondary school with 1,400 pupils, located in the beautiful setting of Wellingborough, NN29. We are committed to continuous improvement, high standards, and providing the very best for our students.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wollaston School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1431 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wollaston School website
- Email address
- ridgek@wollaston-school.net
- Phone number
- 01933 663501
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
Arranging a visit to Wollaston School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ridgek@wollaston-school.net.
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