£13,000
Average salary at age 20
£23,400
Average Salary
47
Average hours per week
Description
School secretaries provide administrative support in schools by keeping and maintaining school records and performing a range of routine clerical tasks within the school.Main 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.
Qualifications
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 School secretaries studied in higher education
Occupation | Percentage Value |
---|---|
(G3) Statistics | 1 |
(L7) Human & social geography | 2 |
(G1) Mathematics | 1 |
(W2) Design studies | 3 |
(W7) Crafts | 2 |
(L3) Sociology | 8 |
(C1) Biology | 3 |
(C8) Psychology | 7 |
(W1) Fine art | 1 |
(V3) History by topic | 1 |
(W3) Music | 2 |
(D3) Animal science | 2 |
(F6) Geology | 2 |
(W8) Imaginative writing | 2 |
(V4) Archaeology | 2 |
(W6) Cinematics & photography | 2 |
(Q3) English studies | 7 |
(L2) Politics | 3 |
(R3) Italian studies | 1 |
(B7) Nursing | 2 |
(W4) Drama | 4 |
(M1) Law by area | 4 |
(M2) Law by topic | 2 |
(J9) Others in technology | 2 |
(I2) Information systems | 2 |
(B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 2 |
(P5) Journalism | 1 |
(F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences | 2 |
(T7) American studies | 2 |
(N1) Business studies | 1 |
(X3) Academic studies in education | 5 |
(L5) Social work | 2 |
(X1) Training teachers | 3 |
(N4) Accounting | 3 |
(C6) Sport & exercise science | 2 |
(P3) Media studies | 4 |
(N2) Management studies | 3 |
(V1) History by period | 4 |
(N3) Finance | 2 |
(W5) Dance | 1 |
UK Prospects
61600
Workforce Size
18.66%
Predicted decline 2024 - 2027
5043
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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