Overview
Role: Personal Assistant to Principal/Office Manager
Academy: Outwood Academy Ripon
Start Date: Easter 2026
Salary (Actual Salary): £27,441.53 p.a to £28,353.69 p.a
Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Term Time only + 3 Weeks
Due to internal promotion, Outwood Academy Ripon seeks applications from outstanding applicants with integrity, imagination and energy for this rewarding role. This role focuses on providing efficient and effective support to the Principal, and managing administrative functions across the Academy. It also includes acting as the first point of contact for correspondence to the Principal, coordinating a busy diary and managing sensitive documentation, and taking on the key role of Clerk for the Academy Council providing administrative support to the Chair of Governors.
Responsibilities
* Provide efficient and effective support to the Principal; manage the administrative functions across the Academy; act as the first point of contact for correspondence to the Principal; coordinate a busy diary and manage sensitive documentation.
* Clerk for the Academy Council providing administrative support to the Chair of Governors.
About the School
We are proud that Outwood Academy Ripon is rated Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted. We are an 11-16 academy based in the cathedral city of Ripon, near the UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing Studley Royal Deer Park and Fountains Abbey. We have been recognised for consistently excellent outcomes in progress and attainment, and in 2024 were judged Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted with positive remarks about staff-student relationships and behaviour. We have a curriculum designed to stretch and enrich students’ experiences and are above the national average for GCSE English & Maths Grade 5 or above. The school holds the Carnegie Mental Health Silver Award, Anti-Bullying Alliance Bronze Award and IQM Centre of Excellence status, highlighting commitment to inclusion at all levels. We serve the local community and aim to ensure everyone has a right to learn.
What the school offers its staff
Outwood Academy Ripon is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments follow safer recruitment practices, and offer checks include enhanced DBS, references and suitability to work with children. Online checks will be carried out on shortlisted candidates. Offers of employment are subject to these checks and to the candidate meeting safer recruitment requirements.
Qualifications
You must have the qualifications as per our attached person specification. These must be listed on your application and certificates must be provided at interview. Please also ensure your employment and education history is listed in chronological order with any gaps explained.
Safeguarding
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Our recruitment process follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to checks including potential disqualification by association, DBS, medical, right to work checks, references, and suitability to work with children. You must declare any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings as required by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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