Executive Assistant
Stratford School Academy
Newham
- £33,863.91 - £36,757.72 per year
- New
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Stratford School Academy Support Staff Scale 18-23, Actual Salary above includes support staff pay award of 3.3%
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- November 2026
- Apply by:
- 18 October 2026
Job overview
Executive Assistant
Permanent, Term Time Plus two Weeks (41 Working Weeks per Year)
36 Hours per Week | Monday to Friday
Actual Salary: £33,863.91 - £36,757.72 (includes support staff pay award of 3.3%), FTE 0.8987
Stratford School Academy Support Staff Scale 18-23 (point of scale dependent on experience)
Actual working pattern will be agreed with the line manager, considering the service needs
We are seeking an exceptional, highly organised and professional Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative and strategic support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team.
This is a key role within the school, acting as the first point of contact for the Headteacher and ensuring the smooth operation of the Headteacher's office. The successful candidate will be a proactive problem-solver with outstanding communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, capable of working with discretion and handling sensitive and confidential information.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator or executive assistant who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to supporting school leadership in delivering outstanding outcomes for students.
Stratford School Academy is a highly aspirational, inclusive school with a rigorous academic curriculum and strong pastoral care. We are proud of our excellent outcomes and our commitment to staff and student wellbeing, recognised through the Wellbeing Award for Schools (2023) and the Leading Parent Partnership Award (2023).
Our most recent Ofsted report (June 2026) stated ‘Pupils achieve consistently well at this inclusive and supportive school.’
Exam Results:
We are proud of our consistently strong academic outcomes. Over the past five years, our examination results have positioned us within the top 25% of schools nationally, demonstrating a sustained commitment to high standards and pupil achievement.
With modern facilities across two sites and a culture that values collaboration and innovation, Stratford School Academy is an ideal place to develop. We offer a supportive leadership team, high‑quality professional development, and the opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of young people. Our core values of respect, excellence, and responsibility underpin everything we do, and we are looking for an individual who shares these values and our ambitions for all of our students.
Stratford School Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to successful completion of Safer Recruitment checks, including an Enhanced DBS and social media check.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact HR@stratfordschoolacademy.org.
Application Process: Please submit a TES Application Form via the TES portal, including a detailed supporting statement. Please note CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing Date: Sunday 18th October 2026 at 11:59 pm (midnight). We reserve the right to shortlist, interview and appoint before the deadline, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
Attached documents
About Stratford School Academy
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Vision
We are a mixed, all ability, and non-faith school. Our focus is our local community but our outlook is global. We affirm what we have in common just as much as we celebrate what makes us different.
We believe that education is an intrinsic good that should be enjoyed by all. As educators we will play our part in forming citizens who have a moral compass and understand and accept their responsibility for the well being of others.
At the same time, as a publicly funded educational institution, we have a responsibility to create public value and to succeed to the best of our abilities against those measures by which we are held accountable. We accept this responsibility
School is an important step on the road to learning but it is not the only one.
There are some things that we must all learn now and much else that we will need to learn in the future. We all learn from our families, our communities, our employers and our peers. To this end we must teach our students not just what they need to know now but also to become independent learners who understand how to learn – people who, when they leave us, can travel the road to education by themselves.
We know that people learn in different ways but that for all of us learning is a social process. We will use new technologies to accommodate this reality. We will create a culture at Stratford School founded on finding answers to two questions: What do we currently know about how we all learn and how can we implement our understanding within our school? And: What isn't working and how can we make it better?
We will do everything we can with the resources at our disposal to provide each pupil in our school with a personal education that is enjoyable, that leads to appropriate qualifications and that lays the foundation for further learning.
The world in which we live is changing fast, education is no different. We must therefore create open and flexible structures, both human and physical, that can quickly respond to change.
But we must not lose sight of the students at the heart of our school; we must see the education of each and every one of them in the round and ensure it is conducted in a human scale environment.
No student should be anonymous at Stratford School Academy.
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Latest Termly Newsletter: SSA Termly Newsletter_Easter_2026
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