PA to the Headteacher
| Posting date: | 06 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6cc61a9f-aac4-40d7-bb13-10ba9d7590e0 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
An extremely rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at St Wilfrid’s to join our team as the PA to the Headteacher.
The post holder will be part of the Senior Leadership Team providing a high-quality, confidential and comprehensive secretarial, clerical and administrative service to the Headteacher and SLT in order to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the school as a whole. They will act as clerk to meetings within school and will ensure high confidentiality and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) processes and procedures are adhered to. The post holder will also provide administrative duties for the Headteacher and the Academy Council, ensuring a high level of professional service as the first point of contact with the school’s stakeholders on matters requiring the Headteacher and/or SLT’s attention.
What the school offers its staff
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth-Form College is a mixed voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds, based in North Featherstone in West Yorkshire. There are currently 1,538 students in attendance. The school opened in 1963 and has a proud history. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in November 2021; we were also inspected by the Catholic Inspection Service (Sec 48) in April 2024, with 7 out of 9 areas graded Outstanding.
We are proudly part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust which comprises of three Secondary Schools and twelve Primary Schools. We are a Catholic School that extols the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values of servant leadership in everything we do.
Further information about our School, along with an Open Day video, can be viewed HERE; our GCSE Options Information can be viewed HERE; Subject Information can be viewed HERE and our Sixth-Form prospectus can be viewed HERE.
We can offer you:
• a welcoming and supportive staff team
• support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• a commitment to your professional development
• friendly and caring school and parish community
• a passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• an excellent pension package
• health and wellbeing support
• opportunity to apply for a blue light card to save money on 15,000 retailers
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.
An extremely rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at St Wilfrid’s to join our team as the PA to the Headteacher.
The post holder will be part of the Senior Leadership Team providing a high-quality, confidential and comprehensive secretarial, clerical and administrative service to the Headteacher and SLT in order to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the school as a whole. They will act as clerk to meetings within school and will ensure high confidentiality and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) processes and procedures are adhered to. The post holder will also provide administrative duties for the Headteacher and the Academy Council, ensuring a high level of professional service as the first point of contact with the school’s stakeholders on matters requiring the Headteacher and/or SLT’s attention.
What the school offers its staff
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School & Sixth-Form College is a mixed voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds, based in North Featherstone in West Yorkshire. There are currently 1,538 students in attendance. The school opened in 1963 and has a proud history. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in November 2021; we were also inspected by the Catholic Inspection Service (Sec 48) in April 2024, with 7 out of 9 areas graded Outstanding.
We are proudly part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust which comprises of three Secondary Schools and twelve Primary Schools. We are a Catholic School that extols the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values of servant leadership in everything we do.
Further information about our School, along with an Open Day video, can be viewed HERE; our GCSE Options Information can be viewed HERE; Subject Information can be viewed HERE and our Sixth-Form prospectus can be viewed HERE.
We can offer you:
• a welcoming and supportive staff team
• support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• a commitment to your professional development
• friendly and caring school and parish community
• a passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• an excellent pension package
• health and wellbeing support
• opportunity to apply for a blue light card to save money on 15,000 retailers
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.