Part-Time Receptionist (Mat Cover 12 months FTC)

Swindon Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1JR

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  1 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £12,931.00 Annually (Actual)

Part-Time Receptionist (Mat Cover 12 months FTC) job summary

School: Swindon Academy, Beech Avenue Primary Phase

Salary: £12,931 per annum, pro rata to the FTE of £24,978 per annum

Hours: 22.5 hours a week, 12.00 - 16.30 Monday to Friday, term time only

Start Date: January 2027

Contract Type: Maternity Cover 12 months Fixed Term Contract 01.01.2028

Swindon Academy are looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic Receptionist to work within Primary phase at their Alton Close site. The purpose of this role is to provide an outstanding level of service as front of house to all visitors to Swindon Academy, whilst ensuring that the health and safety of all staff, students and visitors is compliant with, while also upholding and complying with the statutory and group safeguarding requirements

In this role you will also:

• provide a full range of customer service on reception including answering the switchboard, taking and receiving messages; receiving visitors and associated tasks; assisting pupils, staff, parents and members of the community with general queries
• forward queries to relevant staff member if unable to resolve on reception.
• book meeting rooms and preparing rooms for meetings
• stock-take and order hospitality supplies.
• assist with mailings, including envelope content co-ordination.
• deal with all outgoing post/franking etc.
• support with general administrative duties.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to GCSE level
• Have administrative experience
• Have experience of using data/information systems, spreadsheets and word processing
• Have experience of working with young people or within schools, working with students and parents
• Have experience of working successfully as part of a team which plans workload and has to respond to situations which arise
• Ability to relate well to both children and adults; able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with students, their families, colleagues and other professionals
• Have excellent customer service skills; ability to relate well to parents and prospective pupils

United Learning  

We are part of United Learning, the largest academy trust nationally, which offers a life-changing education to children and young people across England.  Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.  

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have a rich CPD curriculum and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’. 

Additional Information

Swindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Please note that we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

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 Swindon Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 1820 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Swindon Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/swindon-academy

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19.

The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities, and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

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