Careers
School Secretaries
School secretaries provide administrative support in schools by keeping and maintaining school records and performing a range of routine clerical tasks within the school.
Tasks
- Sorts, files and otherwise deals with incoming and outgoing correspondence
- Types directly or transcribes letters, reports and other documents, and prints or photocopies documents as required
- Maintains administrative records relating to pupils and staff, and generates statistical and other reports
- Handles enquiries from parents and arranges meetings with members of staff
- Undertakes reception duties for visitors, handles face-to-face and telephone enquiries and passes on messages
- Orders equipment and stationery
- Arranges payment of invoices, handles cash.
Entry Requirements
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants to professional secretarial courses typically require GCSEs/S grades. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4.
What could I earn?
Salaries for this occupation tend to start at £22,000 per annum and can progress up to £28,000 per annum.
Is it in growth or decline?
There are currently 4,375 employed School Secretaries in the region.