School Secretary

Kinsale Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 5SG

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  26 August 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  30 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,178 actual pa

School Secretary job summary

Part of the Wensum Trust

Tel: 01603 425662

Email: head@kinsalejunior.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies

• Salary - Scale E, £22,178 actual pa (£26,403 FTE)
• Temporary - maternity leave until 26 June 2026
• Full Time
• 37 hours per week
• Term time only
• Required ASAP

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

Kinsale Junior School are co-educational schools for children from 7 to 11 years old. We are the popular and natural school of choice within Hellesdon and attract pupils from a wider area.

We offer a stimulating environment for learning, where every child can thrive and do well. We believe that every child deserves the best education possible and we aim to provide just that. We set out to give children a sense of purpose, encourage their confidence and to enjoy learning. 

We regard our partnership with parents and carers as vital for each child’s success. With support from home, we feel confident of enabling children to make the most of the many opportunities that lie ahead.

We are committed to providing the best education possible, to meet the needs of every pupil. We aim to do our best to help every child do his or her best, so that they may become the best they can be. We believe education should be concerned with every aspect of a child's development. We therefore provide a wide-ranging set of planned learning opportunities for them to experience. Our aim is to help every pupil to develop the ability to realise his, or her, aspirations, to acquire the attitudes, understanding and skills to become a successful learner, a confident individual and a responsible citizen.

The School Secretary role will involve working alongside other departments within the Wensum trust to deliver a high level of consistent support to the staff, children, parents and wider community. This post is for 37 hours per week, term time only on a temporary basis to cover Maternity leave.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

Our Employees have a unique experience to work alongside our strategic partners ZSEA, Lovell, North Walsham Rugby Football Club, Norwich City CSF, Royal Shakespeare Company and Norwich Theatre and collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Roz Robinson on - head@kinsalejunior.norfolk.sch.uk.

How to apply

For this vacancy, if you click the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our recruitment website for further information and to apply via our online application form. 

Closing date: 26 August 2025 9am

Interview date: 29 August 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

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.

About Kinsale Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 219 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kinsale Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kinsale-junior-school-norwich

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