School Administrative Assistant/PA - Preparatory School

SE London

3 days per week (increasing to full time)

£100-£120 per day

May 2025

Veritas Education work with a variety of primary, secondary, and SEN schools across London and the surrounding areas, providing high-quality teachers and support staff for long-term, short-term, permanent, and daily supply roles. We partner with state, private, and independent schools, building strong, trusted relationships with our clients.

We are looking for a proactive and approachable School Administrative Assistant/PA to join a lovely prep school in South East London. This role is key to ensuring the smooth running of daily operations, supporting the Head Teacher and wider team with administrative tasks, diary management, and school communications. The role will begin in May, starting at three days per week before increasing to five days per week.

Responsibilities for Administrator/PA role:

Data entry (SIMS, MyHH, spreadsheets) and locating invoices for the accounts team
Providing administrative and diary management support for the Head Teacher
Word processing, filing, and digitising paper forms (Microsoft/Google Forms)
Assisting with school event organization and meeting preparations
Answering phones, handling parental inquiries, and managing emails when established
Scheduling diary dates, assisting with meeting materials, taking minutes for meetings
Creating registers and club lists
Communicating with suppliers and relaying messages to the team
Monitoring office supplies and notifying the School Manager of ordering needs
Supporting the School Manager in preparing parent communications

Desired skills:

Proficient in SIMS, Office 365, and G Suite
Strong communication skills with a flexible, proactive approach
Confident working independently and in a team
Understanding of safeguarding
Dedicated, self-motivated,a willingness to learn, and brings a sense of humor!

If you would like to apply for this role, please respond to this advert with your CV. Due to a high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VERITAS EDUCATION

All applications are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure, professional reference checks, Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) in line with our stringent safeguarding policy
Your CV must cover the last 10 years of employment history where possible and all employment breaks must be explained
You must have legal right to work in the UK
You must be willing to attend a registration interview

Veritas Education work with a variety of schools covering a wide geographical area. We deal with teaching placements at Primary, Secondary and college level as well as support staff positions also within these.

Disclaimer

'Nothing within the above advert was in any way designed or intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Veritas Education is an Equal opportunities employer and is proud in the knowledge that all placements are made on merit and suitability. We accept applications from all sections of the community.'