Reception and Admin Assistant

Laurus Grace, Stockport, SK7 5JX

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  2 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.69 per hour

Reception and Admin Assistant job summary

We are delighted to be seeking a reliable, enthusiastic, and confident Reception and Admin assistant to join our friendly team at Laurus Grace. This is a key role within the school, where you will be the first point of contact for visitors, parents, and students, offering a warm, professional, and welcoming presence at reception. Alongside this, you will provide efficient and confidential administrative support, helping to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the school and contributing positively to our vibrant school community.

If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you. 

This position is contracted on a 15 hours per week Term Time Only basis. This means you will mainly work when the school is open to pupils and will not need to work during the school holidays unless the contract requires you to do so. Work hours are flexible, except that Friday is a required working day.

Job Purpose (Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details)

• Respond to enquires from visitors, staff and students.
• Provide confidential administrative support to the school including the preparation of documents and reports using Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 

Key Skills & Experience

• Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent.
• Reception/Administration experience.
• Experience working in a school environment.

To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. At the Laurus Trust, we value the significance of a healthy work/life balance for our employees.  Achieving a better balance can boost motivation and morale, lower stress levels, enhance performance and productivity, and make job opportunities more inclusive. Whenever feasible, we are committed to offering flexible arrangements from the very start, which could include options like part-time roles, term-time working, Job-sharing and compressed hours.

For further details on the role, including key skills and experience required, please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached below. If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Head of School, Mark Sackville-Ford, for an informal conversation about the role. 

Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process. 

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

Proposed Interview date: 11th March 

Disability Confident Employer

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.

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.

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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 Laurus Grace

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 20 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Laurus Grace website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/laurus-grace

Laurus Grace is an Alternative Provision 11-16 Free School offering specialist provision for students with Communication and/or Interaction needs and Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

When full, Laurus Grace will provide a high-quality educational provision for 80 students. We plan to admit our first cohort of students in September 2024 within temporary accommodation to address the shortage of specialist places in Stockport Local Authority. We will move towards our full cohort of students when the new building is completed and occupied by the school.

We will build upon the outstanding provision within our mainstream Trust secondary schools, to develop a high quality and ambitious curriculum offer to our students that aligns with our Trust Vision. We believe that students who have experienced setbacks within mainstream education deserve the same educational offer as their peers. This will be realised within a specialist provision through two curriculum strands:

Academic Curriculum

Our outstanding teachers and support staff will offer an ambitious core and optional academic curriculum including GCSE qualifications.

Restorative Curriculum

Our specialist and pastoral staff will offer a therapeutic-style curriculum, to develop social and emotional aspects of learning and promote positive mental health.

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