Samuel Ryder Academy – St Albans

PA to the Headteacher

Grade: H7

Hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time + INSET + 2 weeks disaggregated over the academic year

Working pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00-16:00, Wednesday: 08:00-18:30

Actual salary: £29,400 per annum

Start Date: September 2026

We are looking for a professional who is well organised, positive and efficient to provide confidential and personal support to the Headteacher of Samuel Ryder Academy.

To be successful, you will have experience as a PA or secretary at a senior level, excellent secretarial and organisational skills, and to be used to working in a busy and sensitive environment.  Highly competent in Microsoft Office, you will need a good general education, combined with excellent communications and interpersonal skills.

Working as part of a team, we will require you to use initiative and work without supervision.  Able to work under pressure, you will need a sense of humour as well as having a flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to change.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.  We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 16^th June

Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.