Personal Assistant to Headteacher
St Mary's Catholic Academy, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7EQ7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
20/1/2026 or as soon as possible thereafter
Closing date
15 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,598.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE)
Personal Assistant to Headteacher job summary
Thank you for considering St. Mary's Catholic Academy for the next stage in your career. We are seeking to appoint a Personal Assistant to the Headteacher. This is a crucial role supporting the Headteacher in managing a busy schedule as well as supporting the school’s admissions process, the single central record and HR filing and administration.
St Mary’s is a highly regarded oversubscribed Catholic Academy in Blackpool in the Diocese of Lancaster. The school is very much a Catholic family where everyone works together to support and challenge one another to be the best they can be.
Please refer to the application pack for the person specification, job description and further details.
BEBCMAT is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, staff and visitors. All posts are subject to:
DBS
Medical clearance
Verification of qualifications and National Insurance number.
Two references including a judgement about suitability to work with children.
A member of the interview panel will be trained in implementing Child Protection procedures.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, online search be carried out.
For teaching positions, barred list checks and prohibition from teaching checks will be carried out.
For leadership positions, section 128 checks will be performed.
Closing date for applications: Monday 15th December 2025 - midday
Shortlisting date: Monday 15th December 2025
Interview date: TBC Thursday 18th or Friday 19th December 2025
Post Details:
Grade: NJC pay Grade E - scale point range 12 to 17
Salary: £28,598.00 to £31,022.00 (paid pro-rata, actual starting salary is approximately £21,547.00)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 31.5 per week, term time only plus 10 days
Start Date: 20th January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
BEBCMAT is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, staff and visitors.
All posts are subject to:
● DBS
● Medical clearance
● Verification of qualifications and National Insurance number.
● Two references including a judgement about suitability to work with children.
● A member of the interview panel will be trained in implementing Child Protection procedures.
● In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, online search be carried out.
For teaching positions, barred list checks and prohibition from teaching checks will be carried out.
For leadership positions, section 128 checks will be performed.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Mary's Catholic Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic Academy website
St Mary's is a highly regarded oversubscribed Catholic Academy in Blackpool in the Diocese of Lancaster.
The school is very much a Catholic family where everyone works together to support and challenge one another to be the best they can be.
Our Catholic Ethos, founded on the hallmarks of:
Catholic Caring Community Challenge
is key to our success. Students and staff are all encouraged, as our mission statement states, to grow in wisdom, understanding, self-esteem and closeness to God. Many of our staff and students are Catholic or Christian, we are joined by a number of staff and students who aren’t, anyone is welcome to come and be part of our family as long as they are willing to support and contribute to the ethos and success of the Academy.
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