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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.

More about this Career

Average Salary

£19593

New workers start around £8746. Normal pay is £19593 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £37286.

Jobs

2789

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.

Daily Tasks

  • Arranges payment of invoices, handles cash.
  • Orders equipment and stationery.
  • Undertakes reception duties for visitors, handles face-to-face and telephone enquiries and passes on messages.
  • Handles enquiries from parents and arranges meetings with members of staff.
  • Maintains administrative records relating to pupils and staff, and generates statistical and other reports.
  • Types directly or transcribes letters, reports and other documents, and prints or photocopies documents as required.
  • Sorts, files and otherwise deals with incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Skills Employers are looking for

Soft Skills

Soft skills are non-technical skills that include how you interact with colleagues, solve problems, and manage your work

  • Active Listening

    58

  • Writing

    58

  • Reading Comprehension

    56

  • Speaking

    53

  • Critical Thinking

    52

  • Learning Strategies

    50

  • Monitoring

    49

  • Active Learning

    48

  • Mathematics

    43

  • Science

    5

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