School Secretary

Chapel Break Infant School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 9LU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  26 September 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  16 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.68 - £14.58 per hour

School Secretary job summary

Tel: 01603 749550

Email: head@chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk 

Website: www.chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk 

• Salary – Scale E, £13.68 - £14.58 per hour
• Fixed Term for 1 year 
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required ASAP

Chapel Break Infant School is an exciting place to be. When you visit us, you will feel it as soon as you walk in the door! We offer all our children the opportunity to dream big and develop a true love for learning in a safe and nurturing environment. 

We are looking for a school secretary to join our dynamic team and provide support for our school operations manager and SLT.

Job purpose 

To provide an efficient and effective secretarial service to the senior leadership team 

To support the School Operations Manager with the school’s administrative, financial and clerical functions to provide a high standard of administration

To provide a warm and professional welcome to all visitors 

Experience in a school setting is helpful, but we’re more interested in finding the right person – someone who fits our ethos and brings warmth, energy, and reliability to our school office.

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to – head@chapelbreakinfant.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  26 September 2025

Interview date:  29 September 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 likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Chapel Break Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 157 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chapel Break Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chapel-break-infant-school

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