PA to Head

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Personal Assistant to provide outstanding professional administrative, secretarial, and organisational support to the Head for a period of maternity cover.

This role is vital to ensuring the smooth running of the school and involves engaging with the entire school community.

This is a role that requires a highly organised, trustworthy individual with a can-do attitude and a calm disposition. The successful applicant will have experience in a busy PA role and be a pro-active solution-finder. They will possess excellent communication skills, be proficient in various software applications, have a strong ability to multitask and handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Why choose Abbot's Hill?

We are committed to recruiting a skilled, diverse and highly qualified staff body in order to provide the highest quality of education for our pupils. Abbot's Hill places great value on the welfare of its staff. We are fortunate to work in beautiful surroundings. But more than that, we offer an exceptional professional development programme, in-house coaching, a staff benefits package, a staff welfare committee, a staff wellbeing day and kind, committed and highly-qualified colleagues who work collegiately to enhance the school. 

Why choose The Mill Hill Education Group?

In April 2024, Abbot's Hill became the tenth UK school in the Mill Hill Education Group, after a charity merger. Abbot's Hill now benefits from the wider support network across the Group, including in marketing and admissions. The Group also offers the financial security that underpins future investment, with the next major project being the extension of co-education to Reception-year 6, planned from September 2025. This will underpin a strategy to expand total pupil numbers across the whole school by around 100 pupils over the next few years. The new appointee will play a central role in this strategy.

Mill Hill Education Group is a charitable collection of independent schools. Its aims of instilling values and inspiring minds has been a key focus since the founding of Mill Hill School in 1807. All schools share an educational philosophy around developing thoughtful and responsible pupils with a global outlook. School life combines academic rigour with a breadth of opportunities to develop young people able to flourish in an ever-changing world.

• Educates boys and girls from 3 to18, seeking to equip them for life, both now and in the future.

• Our stimulating academic environment and numerous activities outside the classroom encourage learning and personal growth.

• We are committed to the development of every pupil and believe that our friendly and supportive community helps this to happen.

• We seek as a group to instil a love for learning which will last a life time whilst balancing this with a readiness to embrace change.

For further information, please contact the Recruitment Team at View email address on tes.com

Closing date: 23 June 2026.

The Mill Hill Education Group is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children. As part of our Recruitment Checks, the appointed candidate will be subject to a Social Media and Enhanced DBS Check.