Chellow Heights Special School
Chellow Heights West Site: Thorn Lane, Bradford
Chellow Heights South Site: Netherlands Avenue, Low Moor
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD9 6AL
PA to Headteacher
Contract Type: Permanent
Contract Term: Term time only + 5 days
Hours per Week: 37 ( Monday to Thursday 8am - 4pm and Friday 8am - 3:30pm)
Weeks per Year: 39
Pay Grade: Support Pay Scale | 17 - 22 - £25,971 - £28,213 per annum (actual)
We have an exciting opportunity for a PA to the Headteacher to join our team at Chellow Heights Special School.
As a Personal Assistant, you will work closely with the Headteacher to provide administrative support, usually on a one-to-one basis. As a key liaison between the Headteacher and all stakeholders—staff, governors, parents, and external partners—you will ensure the smooth and efficient management of administrative, organisational, and communication processes, enabling the Headteacher to maximise their effectiveness. You will provide a confidential, efficient, high calibre and personal service to the Headteacher in respect of all matters.
The successful candidate will:
1. Have an ability to relate well to pupils and adults.
2. Be able to work constructively as part of a team.
3. Have the ability to remain calm under pressure.
4. Demonstrate good co-operative, interpersonal and listening skills.
5. Have a good sense of humour.
6. Be willing to share expertise, knowledge and experience.
7. Always be approachable, courteous and able to present a positive image of the school to callers and visitors.
8. Maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school, its pupils, parents and carers.
About Chellow Heights
Chellow Heights school is a large special school which is located on two separate sites. Both sites offer exceptional learning environments for our pupils which enhance their learning and quality of life experiences. These include an outstanding outdoor provision, multi-sensory rooms, soft play, food technology rooms and our ‘engine’ rooms which are used to support our pupils with their sensory processing.
Our West Site is the larger provision and in addition to the resources highlighted above, also boasts a multi-sensory hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy room, music therapy room and jungle gym (soft play room).
Our South Site is a much smaller provision in terms of the size of building yet capitalises brilliantly on the large outdoor space available.
Our mission statement ‘ Enjoy, achieve, excel, excite, one vision, one community, new heights ’encapsulates our purpose. We believe that children learn best when they are having fun and enjoy what they do. Although located on two separate sites (South & West), we are very much one community with one vision to provide a personalised education to our pupils.
The post will be based at our West site however you will be expected to work across both sites.
For further details and to apply go to
Closing Date: 12 noon, Monday 7th July 2025
Chellow Heights is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and where applicable a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation.