Clerical Assistant and Receptionist

Weaverham High School, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3HT

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) 25hrs per week Monday to Friday 8am to 1pm / 39 weeks per year Grade 3 £24796 - £25185(Actual Salary for Hours £14455.93 – £15014.90)

Clerical Assistant and Receptionist job summary

: Clerical Assistant / Receptionist at Weaverham High School

Grade: 3

Reporting to: Office Manager

Job Purpose

To provide a high-quality administrative service to the school and offer effective support to the reception function, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and a positive experience for pupils, parents, staff, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

1. Administration and Data

Undertake general administrative duties to support the efficient running of the school:

Prepare and send letters, texts, and emails to parents, staff, and external stakeholders

Carry out word processing and data entry tasks with accuracy

Use SIMS to check, update, and maintain pupil information

Scan and securely store documents

Support administration relating to new Year 6 pupil intake

2. Data Support

Provide support to the Data Manager by:

Assisting in the production of progress reports and annual reports as required

Setting up and managing online appointment systems for Parents’ Evening

Supporting with queries relating to Insight (parent communication system)

3. Reception Cover

Deliver a professional, welcoming, and efficient reception service:

Act as the first point of contact for visitors, parents, and telephone enquiries

Sign pupils in and out of the building in line with safeguarding procedures

Ensure all telephone messages are accurately recorded and passed to the relevant staff

Maintain visitor logs, ensuring all visitors sign in/out and receive appropriate identification badges

Handle enquiries and complaints from parents and members of the public in a courteous manner

4. Communication and Customer Service

Provide a high-quality telephone and front-of-house service (internal and external)

Ensure all callers and visitors are dealt with promptly, professionally, and efficiently

Maintain and enhance the positive image of the school at all times

5. Welfare and First Aid

Provide first aid support to students and staff where required

Maintain accurate records of first aid incidents in line with school procedures

6. General Support Duties

Assist colleagues with administrative tasks during busy periods

Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times

Support the smooth running of the school office and reception area

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Weaverham High School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1160 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Weaverham High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/weaverham-high-school-northwich

Our vision is clear, we want Weaverham High School to be a vibrant, thriving and successful school where every member of our community feels valued, safe and supported to ensure they surpass their potential. We celebrate uniqueness and see individuals. We understand that our pupils have hopes and dreams, challenges and barriers and it is our privilege to celebrate their worth and their potential. We want every child to enjoy their own journey of discovery, acquire a thirst for knowledge, creativity and imagination and develop a love for their learning. We want pupils to leave our school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and leadership experience they need to thrive in the world. We will work tirelessly to ensure individual barriers are overcome so pupils are challenged and supported in equal measure. Our desire is to nurture talent, ability and ambition with energy, creativity, determination, relentless kindness and high expectations. When we combine such a desire with our ethos of Safe.Ready.Respect you will thrive in our care. 

We have a clear and ambitious vision for school improvement that is woven into the 6 strands that define the Weaverham offer. This offer is underpinned by an’ Ethic Of Excellence’ 5, where the following principles guide our strategy to ensure we are the best we can be:

Study examples of excellence
Build a culture of critique (be kind, be specific, be helpful/listen, reflect, review)
Require multiple revisions
Provide opportunities for public presentation

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