School Administrator MAT cover

Little Mead Primary Academy; West of England; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced CPD

Induction and training

Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Cycle to work scheme

DBS check paid

Free eye tests

Pension enrolment

Job summary

Little Mead Primary Academy is seeking a part-time school reception administrator for maternity cover, 9:30am–1:30pm, Monday to Friday. The role includes welcoming visitors, handling inquiries, communicating with parents, and generating routine reports.

The position includes safeguarding responsibilities and requires fluency in English. The school offers CPD, induction, a pension scheme, and parking.

Qualifications

• Provide professional and welcoming reception for visitors and enquiries.
• Communicate effectively with parents and carers by phone, facsimile, email and text messaging systems.
• Generate routine correspondence and reports.
• Safeguarding—oversee entry and exit procedures for staff, pupils, parents, carers and visitors.
• Operate systems for recording, storing data and documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional and welcoming reception for all visitors, email and telephone enquiries to the school.
• Communicate effectively with parents and carers by phone, face-to-face, email and text messaging systems and provide responsive support to their queries.
• Generate correspondence and reports of a routine nature.
• Safeguarding - oversee entry and exit procedures to and from the school for all staff, pupils, parents, carers and visitors.

Skills

Reception

Customer service

Communication

Safeguarding

Job description

Salary: £12,690.91-£12,892.76 Actual Salary

Contract: Maternity cover till January 2028. 9:30am-1:30pm Monday to Friday

Interview date: W/C 16/11/2026

Key Responsibilities (further details in the attached application pack):

• Provide a professional and welcoming reception for all visitors, email and telephone enquiries to the school.
• Communicate effectively with parents and carers by phone, face-to-face, email and text messaging systems and provide responsive support to their queries.
• Generate correspondence and reports of a routine nature.
• Safeguarding - oversee entry and exit procedures to and from the school for all staff, pupils, parents, carers and visitors.
• Operate systems for recording, storing,

We offer:

• Enhanced CPD, including access to professional networks across the Trust
• Paid induction and training suited to the role
• Confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking
• Use of the Cycle Scheme
• Paid completion of a DBS check
• Free eye tests (where the employee is desk-based)
• Where eligible, automatic enrolment to the relevant pension scheme
• Honouring of continuous service earned in the Local Authority

Fluency Duty

This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to speak English with confidence and be able to conduct a conversation and answer questions for extended periods of time.

Safeguarding Statement

Amplify Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.