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Receptionist

Advantage Schools, Bedford, MK44 3RZ

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• Start date details

  January 2024

• Closing date

  4 December 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,037.00 - £23,414.00 Annually (FTE) Advantage Schools Support Staff Scale 3-4

Receptionist job summary

Permanent – 37 hours per week (Hours: 09.00-17.00 Monday to Thursday with ½ hour unpaid for lunch & 09.30 to 17.00 on a Friday with ½ hour unpaid for lunch), Term Time plus 1 week (Including 5 Training Days) - 0.8888 FTE.

We are looking for a full-time, term time (plus 1 week) receptionist to join our supportive team at Houstone School. The successful applicant will be flexible, hardworking, and willing to go the extra mile. 

We are looking for the successful applicant to start in January 2024. 

The role will include:

To ensure a full and professional reception service is provided on behalf of the school & administer first aid within the school.

To be the first point of contact for the school. To ensure the efficient operation of Reception and Pupil Reception

To provide an appropriate professional and helpful response to telephone enquiries and re-direct as necessary, taking accurate messages and distributing to appropriate members of staff

To deal with general face-to-face enquiries, welcome visitors and issue passes, ensuring the signing in/out system is maintained and safeguarding procedures are rigorously adhered to

To book pupils in and out of school after morning registration has closed, as and when necessary

To receive mail and distribute to appropriate members of staff, to include the receipt of all deliveries of goods, check for correctness against delivery notes, and distribute to appropriate member of staff. Arrange for all paperwork to be passed to Finance Department, reporting any discrepancies immediately

Leading and assisting with pupil first aid, looking after unwell/injured pupils, liaising with parents/staff etc. Keep the medical room book and accident records up to date, alerting the Business Support Officer when an investigation into an incident needs to be carried out

Supporting the smooth running of the school day with the general administration of the Houstone School

Working under your own initiative to ensure workload is prioritised and efficiently completed

Undertaking such other duties which lie within the post holders competence and contribute to the learning environment within the school, which may be required from time to time

WHY HOUSTONE SCHOOL?

Houstone School is a brand new secondary school, which opened in September 2022, we opened with pupils in Year 7-10, and from September 2023 we have pupils in all year groups. 

At Houstone, our values of aspiration, endeavour, and respect, underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our teachers enjoy their teaching with impeccable behaviour in lessons and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.

ABOUT ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

Our values are aspiration, honesty and respect and our vision is to create a family of exceptional schools, within which students are empowered and supported to achieve extraordinary outcomes. We currently run four schools in Bedfordshire – Bedford Free School (secondary, Ofsted outstanding), Houstone School (secondary, not yet inspected), Elstow School (primary, Ofsted good) and Queen’s Park Academy (primary, Ofsted good) – with a fifth school (primary) joining us imminently. Our pupils will leave our schools prepared for a fulfilling life, including the opportunity to go to a great university and pursue the career of their choice. To achieve this, our network of schools teach an academic, knowledge-rich curriculum enhanced by an entitlement to enrichment for all.

We achieve our goals through the recruitment and retention of the best colleagues and school leaders, developing talent through sector-leading professional learning. We foster collaborative work, both across our trust and our extensive network of professional contacts, to ensure our staff can learn from and contribute significantly to the wider educational system.

We believe great staff make a great school, so we look after our colleagues well. We value hard work, but we do all we can to identify and eliminate unnecessary workload that could result in burnout.

For more detail please look at the job description and person specification.

We reserve the right to interview and close applications early should a suitable candidate apply.

Safeguarding children enrolled at the school is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

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About Advantage Schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Advantage Schools website (opens in new tab)
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We are Advantage Schools a Multi Academy Trust made up of 10 schools providing education to:

2 Secondaries with Sixth Form
2 Secondaries
5 Primarys, 3 with Nurseries
1 Lower School with Nursery

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