School PA - Appoint-Ed Support Staff Ltd : Job Details

Are you a PA who's always wondered what it's like to work in a school?

Keen to find a better work-life balance - and even enjoy 13 weeks off a year?

How about joining a supportive, high-performing team where your skills really matter?

If you're a proactive, people-centred PA who loves keeping things calm, organised and moving, this could be your next move.

I'm working with a central Manchester school to find a PA - the trusted partner who'll keep the SLT perfectly in sync.

This is a special place: a friendly, oversubscribed secondary with excellent outcomes, a warm, inclusive culture, and very low staff turnover. People join roles like this don't open up often.

As PA, you'll be managing diaries, coordinating meetings and papers, planning training days, supporting pastoral and academic admin, and keeping communication crisp, timely, and calm.

It's a brilliant step for a skilled PA or administrator who wants to move into education and find genuine job satisfaction

• Contract: Fixed term 15 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2026
• Pattern:Term-time only, 35 hrs/week (08:15-15:45)
• Salary:Grade 5, points 13-19 - £29,064-£32,061 FTE
  • Actual salary £24,359 - £27,100
• Location:Trinity CE High School, M15 6HP (central Manchester)
• Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme
• Benefits: Health Cash Plan (HSF), Employee Assistance Programme (24/7), free parking, fitness suite, Cycle to Work scheme, great facilities, staff wellbeing fund.

PA - What You'll Be Doing:

• Run three Deputy Heads' diaries and priorities so everything clicks into place
• Manage communications - inboxes, letters, calls, and follow-ups
• Prepare papers and reports for governors' meetings and internal documents
• Organise training days, induction programmes and school events
• Support pastoral processes - achievements, behaviour, attendance
• Coordinate Subject Leader meetings and take minutes when needed
• Manage educational visits paperwork and liaise across teams
• Ensure data protection and compliance are always spot on
• Deputise for the Head's PA when needed and model great teamwork

What we're looking for:

• Proven PA or admin experience in a busy setting
• Excellent organiser with strong diary, communication and multitasking skills
• Calm, discreet, professional and confident with people at all levels
• Tech-savvy with MS Office;
• Resilient, adaptable and genuinely supportive team player
• Happy to learn school systems and contribute to a positive culture

PS: You'll never have two days the same - but you'll always end the day knowing you've made a difference.

If you're the PA we're searching for, please apply via this ad.