PA to Headteacher and Clerk to Governors - St Gregory's Catholic High School

PA to Headteacher and Clerk to Governors - St Gregory's Catholic High School The role

PA to Headteacher and Clerk to Governors Permanent Full time / all year round or term time plus negotiable on appointment

Hours:

37.5 hours per week – 8am till 4pm (7.45am to 3.45am on Mondays)

Start date:

as soon as possible Following the promotion of the current post holder, St Gregory’s Catholic High School are seeking to appoint an exceptional and highly organised Headteacher’s PA/Clerk to Governors to join our welcoming and supportive school community. This role had previously been advertised in May but the process was postponed to accommodate the leaving date of the current post holder.

Headteachers personal assistant is a key role at the heart of our school, providing high-quality administrative and confidentialsupport to the Headteacher and our Governing Board. The successful candidate will be an efficient and proactive professional with outstanding organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities and a calm, positive approach to working in abusy school environment. As PA to the Headteacher you will be an important ambassador of St Gregory’s Catholic High School.

The role requires someone who is able to handle highly confidential information with professionalism and discretion, whilstalso acting as a warm and approachable first point of contact for staff, pupils, parents, governors and visitors. Strong communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team are essential.

Our school prides itself on being a friendly, caring and inclusive environment with a strong family ethos where relationshipsmatter and staff are genuinely valued and supported. We are looking for someone who will embrace this ethos and play animportant role in contributing to the smooth and effective running of the school.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dedicated individual to join a hardworking team and make a realcontribution to the life of a thriving school community.

Knowledge of statutory policies and procedures in relation to school administration is preferable including an understanding ofschool safeguarding measures.

St Gregory’s is an incredible place to work, staff are positive and have excellent relationships with each other and the students that they work with. We have the highest pupil attendance levels in Warrington and at national level and the behaviour of pupils is excellent and this is reflective of the atmosphere in our school community.

St Gregory’s has once again been judged as a ‘Good’ school in our inspection of July 2024 with an Outstanding Catholic lifejudgement (Section 48). Both reports can be viewed by clicking this link:

St. Gregory’s is proud to be one of the highest performing schools in both Warrington and the Liverpool Archdiocese area andas such we are oversubscribed with a waiting list to join our school community.

Our Ofsted report noted “Pupils at St Gregory’s are happy, confident and welcoming to visitors. They like each other. There is astrong sense of community across the school. This reflects the school vision, ‘One family inspired to learn’. One pupil said: ‘We are cared about as individuals but, because everyone cares, that makes us all one.”

Want to know more?

The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS. Online checks of shortlisted candidates may be obtained which forms part of our Safer Recruitment procedures and KCSIEGuidance.

Final date to receive applications:
Thursday 27 August 2026 (9am) Shortlisting and notification of interview dat e:
Thursday 27 August 2026 (pm) Interview date:
Tuesday 1 or Wednesday 2 September 2026

Salary:
Up to £38,220 Grade 7 (all year round equivalent) -(scale point within scale negotiable on offer of employment and dependent on experience)

27 August 2026

Cromwell Avenue, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1HG