School Secretary
St Erth Community Primary School, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 6HNThis job expired on 20 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week. Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,711.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, together with St Erth School, are seeking to appoint a highly efficient, warm and dedicated School Secretary to become the welcoming face of our school and the key engine behind our smooth daily operations.
This is a wonderful opportunity to work at the heart of a supportive, community‑driven primary school where relationships matter, children come first, and teamwork is everything.
· You’ll join a small, caring team who work closely together and support one another.
· You’ll build meaningful relationships with children, families and staff.
· Every day will bring variety, no two days are the same in our busy school office!
· You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the school runs efficiently, safely and warmly.
As our School Secretary, you will be the first point of contact for parents, visitors, staff and external agencies. You’ll keep the school office running like clockwork and support the Headteacher and wider team with a range of administrative and organisational tasks.
About You:
You will be approachable and child‑centred, with excellent interpersonal skills, bringing a calm, positive and “can‑do” attitude to a busy and varied school environment. Highly organised and efficient, you will be able to manage multiple tasks while communicating clearly and effectively in writing, through digital systems and face‑to‑face. Reliability and trustworthiness are essential, as you will always handle information with sensitivity. Competence in using IT systems, including email, Microsoft Office and school software (with training provided) is also an essential part of the role.
What the school offers its staff
Working for TPAT and Benefits
‘The Trust that Schools want to join’ Ofsted - 2019
We are an inclusive and progressive Trust and believe that all children and young people should have the best possible life chances. If you share this belief, we would love you to work with us.
We care about our staff and value their skills, contribution and expertise. Our commitment to growing great people means that we support staff in their own professional growth and development and empower them through support and career opportunities. Whether you choose to work in one of our schools, or are based in our central team, you will thrive in a stimulating, friendly and diverse environment that nurtures talent and celebrates success.
If you choose to work for us, you will receive:
- A competitive salary
- National terms and conditions of employment and access to either Teachers Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye voucher scheme
- Access to CPD and career pathways to further develop your career
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides employees with free confidential advice and support on a variety of personal, family or workplace issueshhtps://www.employeeassistance.org.uk/
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Erth Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Erth Community Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01736 753153
At St Erth School we believe that all children are unique individuals with a right to a safe and happy learning experience. We are driven by our belief that children are most likely to be happy and hence successful if they are given care, support, and challenge in equal measure. Our team is united and dedicated in pursuing the best outcomes for all children at St Erth School. By 'best outcomes' we mean children leave us as confident, self-aware and aspirational learners, ready for the next stage in their education.
We aim to provide children with a well-rounded and ambitious curriculum. High academic standards and expectations run alongside creativity, inspiration and imagination. Through the school’s metacognitive learning approach of, ‘Ready, Reflect, Review,’ children challenge themselves; demonstrate excellence; care for themselves and their community and have fun.
To help us achieve this our pupils have been involved in helping us to develop our core values which guide our approach to learning and life. Our school badge was created by our pupils with the brief that it had to represent our community, its history, its future and our values and we are very proud of it. It represents the following values, which guide us in our relationships and culture throughout the school:
Kindness - To each other, to ourselves, to nature and our communities.
Knowledge - Knowledge we develop through our curriculum subjects and knowledge of ourselves
Reading - Always reading – we love it!
Respect - For each other, to ourselves, to nature and our communities.
Resilience - Overcoming setbacks and embracing failure, staying steady and focused.
Perseverance - Staying focused when things are tricky, knowing it will lead to reward.
Nurture and relationship - Providing each other and ourselves with the care, truthfulness and thoughtfulness we need to be successful.
Aspiration - Developing the confidence to set aspirational goals that we have the skills and knowledge to reach.
Arranging a visit to St Erth Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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