PA to Head Teacher, Executive Assistant to SLT and Office Manager

Q3 Academy Langley; Bristnall Hall Fields; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on everyday purchases (Eden 

UK Health Care health plan

Cycle to work scheme via Halfords

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Q3 Academy Langley is seeking a PA to Head Teacher, Executive Assistant to SLT and Office Manager. The role supports the Headteacher and SLT with confidential administrative tasks, diary management and HR administration, while leading the Admin Team to ensure smooth school operations.

Salary range £38,510–£43,149 and a 52.143 weeks/year calendar. The post is based at Langley in the Mercian Trust, offering a structured administrative pathway within a dynamic academy environment.

Qualifications

• Provide confidential administrative support to the Headteacher, including diary management, minute taking and handling correspondence.
• Ensure sickness is accurately reported on MIS and that return-to-work interviews have taken place where appropriate.
• Lead and develop the Admin Team; oversee Attendance, Reception, Admissions, ensuring they run smoothly and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support to the Headteacher & Senior Leadership Team.
• Confidential HR administration.
• Managing School Operations.
• Office Manager duties and team leadership.

Skills

Diary management

Minute taking

Confidential HR admin

Office management

Administrative support

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Title:

PA to Head Teacher, Executive Assistant to SLT and Office Manager

Location:

Langley

At Q3 Langley Our vision for learning is based around the whole child, ensuring no child is left behind. Our unique, innovative and exciting curriculum in Year 7 provides an excellent transition from Primary School. This enables pupils from all starting points to make rapid progress and enjoy their learning whilst improving their literacy skills.

Within TheTrust we are proud that our ethnically and culturally diverse community is fully represented by the students and staff at each Academy. The Q3 ethos; ‘to seek that which is good, that which is right and that which is true,’ fully embraces the fundamental British Values of democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.

Students will be taught in mixed-attainment classes for their Core lessons. These follow the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects - English, mathematics, science, modern foreign languages, geography and history. Outside of the Core subjects students follow a carousel of teaching in the Horizon or Innov8 curriculum. This broad and balanced curriculum focuses on developing knowledge and skills in computing, business, design, religious studies, PSHE, art, dance, drama and music.

We use strategies within the curriculum and beyond to ensure these values are communicated and acted upon.

At the Academyour spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) education permeates through the curriculum, supports the development of the ‘whole child’ and includes the teaching and development of British Values.

The Academy seeks to continuously review and evaluate its work by gaining external accreditation. The successful completion of the awards listed below demonstrates that SMSC and British Values are incorporated into the daily life of the Academy:

• Discovering Democracy Award for promoting youth participation and democracy in schools
• Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Army Cadet Force
• Sandwell Shape Awards

Furthermore, our Wednesday afternoon offer of physical education and enrichment ensures that all students take an active part in developing skills, interests and talents they may not have known existed.

Our commitment to developing the whole child, while maintaining the highest academic expectations, has received significant regional and national recognition.

Q3 Academy Langley has received TES Schools Awards nominations in three consecutive years, 2024, 2025 and 2026, reflecting the sustained impact of our work and the strength of our Academy community.

In 2026, we were especially proud to be named a Silver Award winner in the Pearson National Teaching Awards, Making a Difference: Secondary School of the Year, recognising the difference our staff and wider Academy community make to the lives and futures of young people.

Our success is also increasingly enabling Q3 Langley to contribute to education beyond our own Academy. In 2026, we became a Department for Education RISE Attendance and Behaviour Lead Hub School, recognising the strength of our approach to attendance, behaviour, belonging and school culture. Through this national programme, Q3 Langley is supporting other schools across the West Midlands to improve attendance and behaviour and create calm, supportive environments in which children can achieve and thrive.

Our outward-facing work extends further. Headteacher Peter Lee was appointed as a Regional Co-Chair of the national DfE KS3 Alliance in 2026, contributing Q3 Langley's experience and expertise to national collaboration around Key Stage 3.

Find more information here: Q3 Academy Langley - Home

Want to make a difference to young people?

Are you ready to embark on a rewarding journey within an educational community that values increasing opportunities, improving outcomes for our students.We are looking for aPA to Head Teacher, Executive Assistant to SLT and Office Manager to join our team. Reporting toHeadteacher you will:

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Support to the Headteacher & Senior Leadership Team

Provide confidential administrative support to the Headteacher, including diary management, minute taking and handling correspondence; this includes some diary management, confidential note taking, managing complaints and correspondence.

Confidential HR Administration

Ensure sickness is accurately reported on MIS and that return-to-work interviews have taken place where appropriate.

Managing School Operations

Lead and develop the Admin Team Oversight of the administration teams (including Attendance, Graphic and Media, Reception, Admissions, ensuring they run smoothly and effectively.

Office Manager

Ensure the Admin Team are well-trained and can perform their duties effectively.

Pay range: Scale & Range: Grade 8 (26-31)| Weeks per Year: 52.143 | FTE/Actual Salary: £38,510 - £43,149

For full details of the post please see attached Job Description

Why The Mercian Trust?

As one Trust weshare a common purpose. We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education. When we get this right, itenables our children and young people to fulfil their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community. Our recent achievements include:

Sustainable Growth - becoming one of the largest and most diverse trusts in the region

Social Mobility & Social Justice - National recognition for the Trust’s two selective grammar schools who the most successful on the number of local disadvantaged students passing the entrance and joining the schools

Increasing Opportunities - Opening brand-new purpose-built campus in Walsall Town Centre including an alternative provision for students at risk at permanent exclusion from mainstream schools alongside a Digital Skills Hub to provide professionals and employers

Pioneering Spirit - National recognition for pioneering work around youth mental health, including establishing an in-house multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals delivering interventions and providing support to vulnerable students

Outward Looking - Organising and hosting the region’s first Youth Suicide Conference (2023) and Youth Violence Conference (2024) at Villa Park

Innovation and Improvement - A multi-million-pound investment in the digital infrastructure of Trust schools and our Digital Skills Hub underpinning the ongoing transformation of how staff teach, students learn, leaders lead and the whole Trust operates in readiness for the AI-supercharged careers and workplaces of the future.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: The Mercian Trust - Home

What can we offer you:

Benefits:

Financial, Health and Lifestyle

• discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)
• a comprehensive free of charge health plan (UK Health Care)
• a cycle to work scheme via Halfords
• access to the Blue Light Card

For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We strongly encourage informal visits to the school with the opportunity to meet prospective colleagues and pupils. Please contact Peter Lee (Headteacher) to arrange such a visit, by emailing [e-mail]

Please take time to read our policies attached to this advert.