Reception and Administration Assistant
Hazel Grove Primary School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 4JHThis job expired on 8 December 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
6 January 2026
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 November 2025
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
- £22,583 - £23,687 (Actual salary)
Reception and Administration Assistant job summary
We are seeking a highly organised and friendly Reception and Administration Assistant to join our team at Hazel Grove Primary School. This role is the first point of contact for visitors and callers, so excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential. You will also provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of daily operations.
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 37 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. In total you will be in work for a minimum of 38 out of 52 weeks.
Job Purpose
- To provide confidential administrative support to the school.
- To be a welcoming and professional first point of contact for visitors to the school ensuring signing in procedures are adhered to.
Key Skills & Experience
- Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent
- Experience of working in a Reception/Administrative support role
- Experience of diary management
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.
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.
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
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.
About Hazel Grove Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 363 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hazel Grove Primary School website
Our Mission Statement is ‘Learn Together, Learn Forever’ and this is demonstrated through our vision in the following ways:
Love of learning - A safe place where children enjoy learning with their friends and peers because children learn best when they are having fun!
Excellent teaching - Through excellent teaching and positive relationships, children are skillfully guided to discover things that excite and intrigue them and the teachers also learn alongside their pupils.
Raising Aspirations - Children are inspired to be something greater then they ever thought possible and challenged to dream big dreams!
Partnering with Community - Parents are actively involved with their children's learning as partners within an inclusive and dynamic community.
Hazel Grove Primary School converted to academy status and became a proud member of the Laurus Trust in September 2024. We echo the Trust’s Vision and continue to strive “for everyone, regardless of background or circumstance, to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and to work hard to achieve them.”
Professional Development
We attach huge importance to continued Professional Learning and recognise that, in the exciting and ever-changing environment in which we work, we are all learners and are constantly looking for ways to improve our practice.
Our comprehensive programme of in-house Professional Learning comprises weekly pedagogy-based sessions for both teaching and non-teaching staff.
Being part of a Multi Academy Trust enables our staff to work across schools and phases. Not only does this broaden their experience, it opens up a wider range of leadership opportunities.
As a Trust we actively develop our teachers through nationally accredited programmes such as the NPQ's and many of our staff have completed courses at Masters level.
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