PA to Primary Head Teachers and Nursery Administrator
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £14,368 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1JR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1527217 |
Summary
Are you looking for a new challenge?Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people?An Exciting Opportunity to join Swindon Academy; the most improved school in Swindon.School: Swindon AcademyJob Title: PA to Primary Head Teachers and Nursery AdminRequired: ASAPSalary: £14,368 per annum, pro rata to the FTE of £24,978 per annumHours: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time onlySwindon Academy is looking for an enthusiastic PA to Primary Head Teachers and Nursery Admin. In this exciting new role, the successful candidate will provide an effective and efficient administrative support to Head Teachers at both sites (Alton Close and Beech Avenue). They will also provide excellent administration support of key events, school programmes and running of our character education.The successful candidate will ideally have experience as a personal assistant, have worked in a school environment and have experience in managing multiple projects. This is an interesting and wide-ranging role, which will be suited to an adaptable and detail-oriented individual. Candidates must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be flexible to change and be able to manage a diverse, but interesting and enjoyable workload. The successful candidates will be people-focused, have a positive outlook, be able to build strong relationships with stakeholders and is excited to develop this role.The ideal candidate will:be educated to a good standard and have a minimum of a good GCSE (or equivalent) in maths and English, Level C or abovehave strong administrative, organisational and creative skillsbe able to work effectively at all levels, with a wide range of people, both independently and as part of a teambe an excellent communicator with strong people skillshave a dynamic, positive approach to deliver the Academy’s visionbe self-motivated and comfortable taking the initiative have the capacity to be flexibleAdditional InformationSwindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.Please refer to the attached job description for the full list of responsibilities.We do not accept agency or speculative applications from Agency providers,Why choose usAt Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.United LearningSwindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.