Receptionist / Administrator

Widmer End Community Combined School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP15 6AH

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  30 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 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: £26,522.00 - £28,742.00 Annually (FTE)

Receptionist / Administrator job summary

About the role:

We are a great team looking for an amazing member of staff to join us in this vital role. We are looking to appoint a full time Receptionist / Administrator (part time considered) who is enthusiastic, positive and committed. You will be the first point of contact and a critical link between our staff, parents, pupils and visitors. This is an exciting role in which the right candidate will be able to make a significant impact to our school community.

About us:

Widmer End Community Combined School and Pre-School is an engaging and vibrant values-driven school community with nurture at the heart of all we do. We have a positive and dedicated team of staff who enjoy supporting children’s development and providing them with great opportunities to learn across and beyond the curriculum. We provide a happy and secure environment for everyone in our community where we value and respect others and ourselves, following the school’s six core values: Unity, Trust, Courage, Curiosity, Kindness and Respect.

What we can offer:

• A highly supportive team, committed to raising standards in a welcoming environment

• A school with a clear vision for the future

• Well-behaved and responsive children who enjoy learning

• A well-resourced school and stimulating environment

• A strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and teamwork

• Opportunities for professional development

The successful candidate will be:

• Able to demonstrate suitable experience and/or qualifications for working in a school

• A caring and patient individual

• Hard-working and conscientious

• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times

• Flexible and able to work on your own initiative

• Creative and full of energy

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent literacy, numeracy and computer skills

• Excellent communication skills and a good attention to detail

• A commitment to teamwork and a good sense of humour

Other Information:

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged; please ring to make an appointment: 01494714371. Further information about our school can also be found on our website: www.widmerend.bucks.sch.uk. The recruitment process is being managed through My New Term, please do not send applications to us directly.

Closing date: Monday 30th November 2026

Interview date: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews may be offered before the closing date, so early submissions are advised.

Widmer End Community Combined School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Widmer End Community Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS safeguarding check.

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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 Widmer End Community Combined School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 184 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Widmer End Community Combined School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/widmer-end-community-combined-school

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