Headteacher's PA
Bungay High School
Suffolk
- £32,909 - £36,298 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2023
Job overview
Based on 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. This is a permanent position.
Required for a 1 September 2023 start, applications are invited for an organised and highly capable individual to fulfil this role. They must be able to demonstrate initiative and independence by anticipating the Headteacher’s needs and ensuring the school runs efficiently, responding to anticipated problems, situations and opportunities.
This role involves work of a confidential and often sensitive nature.
The successful candidate will be able to determine priorities for tasks to ensure that overall objectives and deadlines are met. Initiative and self-motivation are required, as well as being able to work as part of a team.
Excellent IT skills and a good educational background are essential. Work of a similar nature in a school would be an advantage.
Bungay High School is a high achieving and thriving comprehensive school situated in a pleasant rural area. We are 20 miles from Norwich and 15 miles from the delightful heritage coast. We have fantastic students, great staff and a commitment to success for all. We have an excellent CPD programme and are committed to staff development.
We would welcome visits from potential candidates to see our school at work, or an informal telephone conversation with the Headteacher. Please telephone Mrs J Capps-Jenner (Headteacher’s PA) on 01986 892140, ext 1306. An application form and job description are available from Mrs J Capps-Jenner; please email jcappsjenner@bungayhigh.co.uk or alternatively visit our website www.bungayhigh.co.uk, where the application form and other information can be downloaded.
Closing date for applications is Monday 5 June 2023 at midday. Please write your covering letter of application to Chanel Oswick, Headteacher.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post.
Attached documents
About Bungay High School
Bungay High School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Bungay, Suffolk. It caters for children aged 11-18.
The school, originally Bungay Grammar School, became Bungay High School in 1974. A range of academic and vocational and academic qualifications are offered in its sixth form.
Headteacher
Mrs Chanel Oswick
Vision and values
Bungay High School is committed to “Opportunity, Aspiration and Excellence for All”.
The school is proud of the strong bonds that exist between teachers and students, and between students and their peers. It believes this caring and supportive atmosphere creates an aspirational culture and ensures all its pupils make excellent progress.
The school believes that it has designed a broad and daring curriculum, encouraging both academic and vocational excellence. It aims to ensure that courses excite students and strike a genuine cord with their future.
A key feature of Bungay High is its efforts to get to know every student, leading to an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued. School life is designed to provide students with the opportunity to become supportive, sensitive, team workers who feel they can access their learning fully. The school wants all students to become confident, independent and active learners.
Ofsted
“Leaders successfully communicate a clear vision to members of staff to promote a strongly aspirational culture with respect to both attainment and personal development. There is an explicit aim to become an outstanding school. School leaders and trustees know what is necessary to progress towards this goal. School development planning is detailed and realistic.”
View Bungay High School’s latest Ofsted report
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