P.A. to Headteacher - Cressex Community School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
This is a key position within the school offering the opportunity to make a major contribution to the continuing success and development of our school.
We are looking to appoint a permanent P.A. to the Headteacher for 37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year (term time + 5 training days + 3 weeks during holiday time by arrangement). Salary is paid on Bucks Pay Range 6 - £36,495 - £39,876 per annum with an actual pro-rata salary of £33,337.
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Range 6: £36495 - 39,876 per annum = pro-rata actual salary of £33,337
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 13/01/2026
Interviews to be held: Shortly thereafter
About us
At the Cressex Community School we firmly believe that high achievement for each and every student is our shared responsibility. As a team of staff, we aim to ensure that everyone in the school is able to achieve to her or his full potential and, we hope, to discover new skills and talents too.
Website: www.cressex.org
About the role
Are you?
• Someone who can provide confidential administrative and organisational support to our Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team
• Able to provide HR support including recruitment activity and safeguarding checks
• Organised, proactive and personable with a wide range of verbal and written communication skills
• Able to demonstrate previous experience, ideally in an educational role
About you
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to provide comprehensive and organisational to support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team including provision of HR support. Proven PA/secretarial experience, ideally in a school/education setting, is essential together with excellent written, verbal and telephone skills. Please see person specification for full details.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please see full details on our website https://www.cressex.org/934/support-staff-vacancies
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 437729
Email: [email protected]
We take our responsibilities in relation to child protection very seriously. Access to the site is closely monitored. All adults who come into contact with young people have been appropriately checked. Our recruitment procedures follow "safer recruitment" guidelines. All staff receive regular training and updates on their obligations with regard to child protection and safeguarding. This includes training in areas such as misuse of the internet and social media, child sexual exploitation and the government's "Prevent" strategy, aimed at stopping young people falling prey to radicalisation.
The school works closely with partner agencies such as Barnado's, the Police and the Local Authority to ensure young people are kept safe.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
