Receptionist & Administrator
The Wymering School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3YB2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790 – £25,584 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a calm and patient approach.
- Experience in an administrative or receptionist role (experience in a school setting is an advantage but not essential).
- Confidence using IT systems, including Microsoft Office
- A friendly and professional manner, with the ability to work in a team and use initiative.
What the school offers its staff
- A meaningful role making a difference in the lives of children with additional needs.
- You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities with the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust, a growing Trust. Our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”.
Further details about the role
Receptionist & Administrator – The Wymering School
Salary: Grade D, £24,790 – £25,584, actual salary for 37 hours per week, term time plus 1 weeks (40 weeks), £21,738-£22,435 plus generous sick pay and pension scheme
“Unity is strength…….where there is teamwork and collaboration wonderful things can be achieved” Mattie Stepanek
At the Wymering School our vision is to build a creative community which learns together to become knowledgeable, self aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them. Sally, our Headteacher, is growing her amazing team and is currently looking for an organised, friendly and proactive individual.
As a Receptionist & Administrator, you will:
- You will be the welcoming face of our school, the first point of contact for enquiries/visitors to the school
- Provide a comprehensive reception service including answering phones, making calls, emails and managing general enquiries efficiently.
- Provide high quality administrative support, including maintaining records, organising meetings, travel arrangements, and handling confidential information.
- Support with attendance records, annual reviews, and data collection.
- Assist with co-ordinating school events, communications and daily operational tasks.
The Wymering School is a Special Free School, an important part of the local community, which will cater for 66 children between 9 and 16 years of age who have an Education and Health Care Pl Our pupils have a social communication and interaction difficulties, associated Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and / or associated challenging and distressed behaviour.
If you are enthusiastic, organised, and ready to be part of a team that truly makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
To become part of our journey, please complete ourSupport Staff Application Formand return it toHR@deltaeducationtrust.comif you would like to apply. See ourReceptionist & Administratorfor further details on the role as well as ourThe-Wymering-School-Safeguarding-Policy-Sept-24-25.
Closing date: 21st April
Interview date: 7th May
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted we would carry out an individual online search to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to HR@deltaeducationtrust.com
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Wymering School
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 65 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Wymering School website
- Email address
- HR@deltaeducationtrust.com
Our new school opened in April and we are now looking to grow our amazing team ready for the next intake of pupils in September. A brand new, purpose-built school, truly in the heart of its community; the choices you make with the pupils and the creativity you bring to the classroom will give the children the opportunities they deserve.
At the Wymering School our vision is to build a creative community which learns together to become knowledgeable, self aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them.
Learning can look different for everyone; learning is continuous and enabled by the broad curriculum, therapeutic interventions, and the environment the school and staffing team create. It’s only through your awesome teaching that we will create that environment together to ensure the pupils progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
Staff are an inclusive and collaborative team that work together, no matter what the challenge may be are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through - together.
The Wymering School is a Special Free School, an important part of the local community, caters for 66 children between 9 and 16 years of age who have an Education and Health Care Plan.
So why should you choose The Wymering School? Our pupils have a social communication and interaction difficulties, associated Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and / or associated challenging and distressed behaviour and this is why they deserve you.
You will have the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust, a small but growing Trust. Our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. We put this into practice by ensuring:
• All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students and families.
• High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
• We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
• We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
• We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
Arranging a visit to The Wymering School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@deltaeducationtrust.com.
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