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  • Job start date

    3 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 July 2025 at 10am

  • Date listed

    19 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,656.00 - £24,027.00 Annually (FTE)

Receptionist job summary

Ascham Road

Cambridge

CB4 2BD

TEL : 01223 712333

Receptionist Position

Milton Road Primary School

Pay Scale: 1 Point 2-3 (FTE-£23656-£24027) pro rata.

Hours: Part Time 12 hours per week /Monday, Tuesday ,Thursday and Friday 8:15 am to 11:15 am

When: Term time only

Start date: 3rd September 2024.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our School Office Team as we continue to enhance our talented crew, at Milton Road Primary School. We are looking for an excellent Receptionist to help welcome our community to the school, to work cohesively with a job share partner, and to be part of a productive team that also includes a Business Administrator and the Office Manager.

Qualities and Skills Required

Provide a friendly welcome to the school’s community of pupils, Parents, Carers, Governors and every other visitor.

Ensure that all visitors check in on arrival using our E-Reception book, ask for DBS documentation and hand out the relevant lanyards to visitors.

Ensures all communication, by phone, email or in person, is delivered to the standard required by the School.

Undertake any other duties that are within the scope of the post, as determined by the Office Manager or Headteacher.

Work in an effective and productive way with your job share partner to ensure all tasks are complete and met within the appropriate time frame.

Deal with requests from Staff, Pupils, Parents, Carers, and other visitors throughout the day.

Complete all morning and afternoon registers, and record daily pupil attendance data.

Support the production of attendance data to help analyse trends and highlight areas of concern for follow up.

Supports the wider office team in administrative tasks to help ensure a smooth running of front office and school procedures, and respond to correspondence and emails on behalf of the school and Headteacher.

Work closely with the Office Manager to discuss actions and ensure all are complete prior to the end of your working week, and work effectively with your job share partner to guarantee all work is fulfilled.

We can offer you:

A warm, positive, optimistic school culture and ethos where we are “CREW not passengers”.

Friendly, articulate children who are keen to learn and whom Ofsted describe as ‘polite and courteous’.

A modern, attractive, spacious, well-resourced school with a welcoming, collegiate staff body and a supportive senior leadership team

A comprehensive New Staff Induction programme.

Access to a raft of CPD opportunities, including National Professional Qualifications to develop your expertise and skills.

A strong commitment to staff wellbeing including access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellness support.

Access to excellent teacher training provision.

Career pathways and a strong history of promotion.

A talented and skilled governing body and a supportive and committed parent body

Plenty of smiles, joy and the occasional slice of cake.

Free on-site parking .

Milton Road is a large, two-form entry primary school in the North of Cambridge, within walking distance of the historic city centre. As a school, we are excited by the many opportunities that we already offer our children and look forward to expanding on these further.

Closing date: Friday 4th July 2025

Provisional Interview date for shortlisted candidates: w/c Wednesday 16th July 2025

Please complete the ‘Support Staff Application Form’ below. Applications to be submitted to HR@miltonroad.cambs.sch.uk. We cannot accept CVs.

Milton Road Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a DBS and Online check.

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

Milton Road Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a DBS check.

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About Milton Road Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
411 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
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Milton Road is a large, two-form entry primary school in the North of Cambridge.

As a school, we are excited by the many opportunities that we already offer our children and look forward to expanding on these further as we continue on our journey of development.

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