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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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£24,627
Average salary
New workers start around £10,067.33. Normal pay is £24,627 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £44,735.56.
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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
5
Available Courses
NCFE / CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Working in the Early Years Sector (EYE)
Other
Truro College
NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce ( Early Years Educator) )
Other
Penwith College
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
Progression
Truro College
Get into Teaching Taster
Other
Truro College
