Receptionist

Prestley Wood Academy; Little Stukeley; Sur place; GBP 16 000 - 26 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

LGPS

Induction scheme and training

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity & paternity package

Blue Light Rewards

Annual Welfare Day

Résumé du poste

Prestley Wood Academy, part of Horizons Education Trust, is seeking a receptionist to support the school office, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and a welcoming frontline service for pupils, parents and visitors.

You will work with the Office Manager, demonstrating excellent communication, handling front desk tasks, appointments, and basic admin with keyboard and word processing skills; term-time hours are 8:30am–2:00pm with a closing date of 1st November 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in an office or reception environment, ideally in a school.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good keyboard and word processing skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide high-quality receptionist support and a welcoming frontline service to pupils, parents and visitors.
• Assist with day-to-day office tasks in line with school priorities and policies.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Office/reception experience

Keyboard skills

Description du poste

Role: Receptionist
Salary: Scale 3 Point 5-6 £25,586 pro-rata (actual Salary £15,845.96) to £25,989 pro-rata (actual Salary £16,095.55) - Pay Award Pending
Contract: Term time only (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 2:00pm)
Location: Prestley Wood Academy
Start Date: January 2027

Benefits: Access to Local Government Pension Scheme [LGPS]

Access to induction scheme and additional training

Access to EAP (Medigold)

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity package (after 1 years’ service)

Blue Light Rewards annual fee covered by trust

Annual Welfare Day

We are seeking a receptionist to join our Prestley Wood Academy team at Horizons Education Trust. In this essential role, you will provide high-quality receptionist support that ensures the smooth day-to-day running of the school office, working closely with the Office Manager to deliver efficient reception processes in line with school priorities, policies and statutory requirements.

It is important to us that you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can share our school values within a special school working environment. You will provide a welcoming, professional and positive first point of contact and you will be able to communicate with others effectively in a team with excellent organisational ability and resilience to work to planned deadlines.

You should have proven experience of working in an office / reception environment, ideally within a school. Good keyboard and word processing skills are essential.

Closing date: Midnight 1st November 2026

Interview date: TBC

Horizons Education Trust is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment.