Receptionist/Administrator (Maternity Cover)

Grampian Primary Academy, Derby, DE24 9LU

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 June 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: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Salary is pro-rata. Actual salary £3546-£3602 p/a

Receptionist/Administrator (Maternity Cover) job summary

Job details:-

Grampian Primary Academy is an ambitious, inclusive school. We are very proud of our school, our children and our successes.

We are seeking to appoint a reliable, efficient and approachable, Receptionist Administrator to cover for maternity absence. Principal responsibilities will be reception duties however there will be additional clerical and administrative duties including first aid support. You will be the first point of contact for our school so you will need a friendly disposition, have a flexible approach and be able to work under pressure, have strong proven communication and administration skills.

You will:

• Be the main point of contact for visitors on the school site.
• Undertake reception duties, answering general incoming and outgoing telephone calls, face-to-face enquiries and signing in visitors.
• Request DBS or ID information from visitors, ensuring safeguarding practices and procedures are followed at all times.
• Liaise with parents/carers regarding collection of pupils, first aid and other matters.
• Be responsible for pupil first aid/welfare, looking after sick pupils.
• Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems.
• Undertake typing and word processing and other IT based tasks and operate relevant equipment/IT packages eg. Word, Excel, Databases and Emails.
• Manage attendance.
• Record and manage the electronic system relating to school dinners.
• Admin support for pupils meals, liaising with catering and lunchime teams.
• Identify pupil absence and mark registers.
• Monitor stationery stocks.
• Provide general clerical and admin support.

Please see the job description and person specification for more details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.

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 Grampian Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grampian Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grampian-primary-academy

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