Receptionist/Administrator
37 hours per week
8:15am – 4:15pm Monday – Thursday and 8:15am – 3:45pm Fridays (including a 30-minute unpaid break)
Term time plus INSET days - 39 weeks per year
Grade 15 – NJC points 3 – 4 (£24,796 - £25,185 per annum pro rata)
Actual starting salary - £21,233
The Castle School requires a full-time Receptionist/Administrator to work in the school reception and provide administrative support in the main office.
The primary role of this post is to provide reception cover and administrative support to the School Leadership Team. Examples of tasks required are:
• Answering the phone on reception and receiving visitors
• Student record keeping – electronic and paper files
• Help with administering/organising school trips eg booking coaches, venues
• Help with organising events eg Awards Evening and Presentation Evening, Open Evening etc
• Help with managing the school diary
• Letter writing (eg to parents, staff, external agencies)
• Providing First Aid cover
We require someone with strong attention to detail, and a proven knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages. In addition, you should have good communication skills including an excellent telephone manner, and ideally have experience of working in a busy office or school environment.
In addition to the above, the postholder would help to provide First Aid in the absence of the Medical Lead or during busy periods. Full training will be given and an additional First Aid Allowance (approximately £240 per annum) is payable for this role.
Disclosure Level: Enhanced Start date: January 2026
CVs are not accepted, please complete the application form in full.
Safeguarding Statement:
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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