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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.

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About this Career

£17,455

Average salary

New workers start around £5,578.63. Normal pay is £17,455 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £33,521.87.

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Annual Openings

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Cornwall, and do<br /> 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

The number of unique job postings in your area that have listed this skill in the last year.

Skills

Job postings

Active Listening
58
Writing
57
Reading Comprehension
56
Speaking
53
Critical Thinking
51
Learning Strategies
49
Monitoring
49
Active Learning
48
Mathematics
43
Science
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Truro College

Tel: 01872 305000
Email: enquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Truro College,
College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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Penwith College

Tel: 01736 809000
Email: penwithenquiries@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Penwith College,
St Clare Street, Penzance,
Cornwall, TR18 2SA
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STEM & Health Skills Centre

Tel: 01208 224455
Email: enquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

STEM & Health Skills Centre,
Ottery Building, Old Callywith Road, Bodmin, PL31 2GU
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University Centre

Tel: 01872 305750
Email: heenquiry@truro-penwith.ac.uk

University Centre Truro & Penwith,
Fal Building, College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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Future Skills Institute

Tel: 01872 308000
Email: futureskills@truro-penwith.ac.uk

Truro & Penwith College,
College Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3XX
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