School Business Officer - Personal Assistant (PA)
Aldercar High School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4HL14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 April 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
- £32,347.00 - £34,317.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 9
School Business Officer - Personal Assistant (PA) job summary
Aldercar High School is a successful and inclusive secondary school committed to providing a safe, supportive and high‑quality learning environment for all pupils. We place strong value on professionalism, teamwork and safeguarding, and are committed to promoting the welfare of children and young people.
The Personal Assistant (PA) to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team) provides high‑level, professional and confidential administrative support, playing a central role in the smooth and effective running of Aldercar High School. Reporting directly to the Headteacher, the post holder supports strategic and day‑to‑day operations through effective organisation, communication and coordination.
Key responsibilities include managing diaries, correspondence, meetings and the school calendar, analysing and presenting information to support decision‑making, and acting as a key point of contact using sound judgement and discretion. The role line manages the office and administration team, overseeing staffing, absence, appraisal and arranging cover to ensure continuity of service.
The post holder holds operational responsibility for information governance and GDPR compliance, including coordinating Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests, and ensuring personal data is managed lawfully and securely. The role also supports and leads effective communication with parents, staff and external stakeholders, and contributes to governance processes and school events.
Safeguarding is a core responsibility of this role. The post holder is expected to uphold and actively promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education and the school’s safeguarding policies. This includes working with professionalism, vigilance and integrity, maintaining confidentiality, and contributing to a strong safeguarding culture across the school. All staff are expected to share this commitment and act in the best interests of pupils at all times.
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
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 Aldercar High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 690 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aldercar High School website
About Aldercar High School
Welcome to Aldercar High School & Sixth Form Centre
The staff, governors and students of Aldercar High School and Sixth Form Centre extend a warm welcome to you. We are a rapidly improving school which has seen recent improvements in the academic achievements of our pupils.
We challenge our students to have high expectations of themselves throughout their school life. Good attendance and punctuality, as well as working hard and to the best of their ability, are key to their academic success. Being respectful, courteous and disciplined allows our students to develop into responsible members of both our school and their local community.
Aldercar High School is a happy and harmonious school where students are cared for well. They feel safe and their talents are nurtured by their teachers. Staff have strong relationships with parents so that students can be best supported to achieve their very best.
We aim for all of our students to leave Aldercar High School with the qualifications that reflect their very best ability as well as have the social confidence to make a real impact on their world whatever their talents.
I hope that our prospectus and website provides you with an insight into the life of students at Aldercar High School and that you have all the information that you need to make the right choice of school.
Clare Hatto
Head Teacher
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