PA to Principal & Leadership Team

Gateacre School, a thriving member of Northern Schools Trust, is seeking an exceptional, highly organised, and strategically minded Personal Assistant to provide world-class executive support to the Principal and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). This is a genuinely outstanding opportunity for an ambitious professional driven by administrative excellence, operational precision, and the power of high-level stakeholder engagement. Our Vision We are committed to maintaining an efficient, highly compliant, and seamless operational environment behind the scenes. You will join a passionate, highly skilled administration team that collaborates closely across the Trust to safeguard confidentiality, streamline governance, and optimise leadership capacity. We don’t just manage schedules; we protect leadership time, build professional relationships, and enable the strategic growth of our school community. The Specialist We Are Seeking We are looking for an individual who is ready to drive excellence, anticipating organisational bottlenecks and bringing an unwavering commitment to best-in-class executive service. The successful candidate will: Be a Leadership Champion: Possess an authoritative yet welcoming manner, managing complex diaries, inbox prioritisation, and high-level correspondence on behalf of the Principal with absolute discretion. Insist on Precision & Compliance: Manage critical statutory administration - including governance papers, policy frameworks, and strict data compliance for FOI/SAR requests - with 100% data integrity within our MIS and compliance trackers. Embrace Strategic Operational Insight: Proactively monitor and coordinate complex school events, suspension documentation, and external stakeholder relations to help execute trust-wide priorities seamlessly. Contribute Systemically: Confidently design and maintain efficient digital administrative systems (e.g., SharePoint), manage the central team finance functions like purchase orders, and provide elite-le