Kettlethorpe High School
Wakefield
£33,956 - £36,677 per year
Salary:
Grade 8: £33, £36, actual)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
12 September 2025
Job overview
37 hours per week, term time only + INSET days + 4 weeks
Kettlethorpe High School is the last local authority-maintained high school in Wakefield. We're also the first when it comes to innovation, as we want to deliver a 21st-century education where imaginative teaching creates synergy alongside cutting-edge technology. That is why we are putting a brand-new team together under an ambitious, visionary new Headteacher. It is also why we want you to be PA to the headteacher and Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated PA, who has excellent inter-personal and communication skills with high professional standards and the ability to work under pressure.
We are seeking to appoint someone who:
* Is passionate about working within education
* Has excellent communication skills
* Has excellent interpersonal skills and high level of empathy
* Is able to use their initiative
* Is adaptable and proactive
* Is highly accurate and confidential
Applicants to this post will be required to complete an Enhanced with Child Barring List Level Disclosure & Barring Service Check.
For further information and an application form, please click apply.
Completed application forms should be returned to Sue Thompson (HR Manager) no later than noon on Friday 12th September 2025.
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About Kettlethorpe High School
Kettlethorpe High School
Kettlethorpe Hall Drive, Standbridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF2 7EL
United Kingdom
About Kettlethorpe High School
Kettlethorpe High School is a large comprehensive school in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. We have 1,700 pupils aged 11–16 and often see year group entries of between 330 to 360 pupils.
The school opened in 1965, and we have benefitted from considerable capital building improvements over the years. Recently, the school has had a new MFL block and sports studio built and also financed our own all-weather 3G pitch for school and community use.
Pupils benefit from a rich and broad curriculum offer. At Key Stage 4, our English Baccalaureate entry and actual figures are the very best in Wakefield. In 2021, the entry was 79% with 61% achieving passes across the EBacc suite of subjects. At this school, pupils succeed and do well. Progression rates are impressive.
Across the school, the wider life of the school and extra-curricular offer is second to none. Pupils and staff engage with a rich extra-curricular offer and we are very proud of our sports, arts and performing arts offer. It adds a real richness to our school community.
Our pupils are great and have lots to say about their school. They support and represent their community well. Over the last 9 years, they have raised over £103,000 for Children in Need. Most years, they raise between £10,000 and £15,000 for CiN and other charities.
Teachers at the school work hard to support all our pupils. They are proud of their successes and involvement with the school.
As a school community, we recognise that schools are more than just Ofsted judgements. We do what we do to benefit our pupil community first and foremost. That said, we are more than a 'good' school and valued the comment made by one lead inspector… 'There is something very special going on at this school.' We agree
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