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Receptionist

Astrea Academy Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9EW

This job expired on 14 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,251.00 - £13,674.00 Annually (Actual) Scale Point 4-6 £24,404 - £25,183 FTE

Receptionist job summary

Join Our Team as a Receptionist at Astrea Academy Dearne

Location: Goldthorpe, Barnsley
Salary: Scale Point 4–6 (£24,404 – £25,183 FTE)
Actual Salary: £13,251 – £13,674
Working Hours: 12:30pm – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Contract: Term time only (39 weeks + 5 days)
Start Date: September 2025

About the Role

We are seeking a professional, friendly, and highly organised Receptionist to join our dedicated administration team at Astrea Academy Dearne. As the first point of contact for visitors, staff, and students, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the school.

You’ll provide high-quality administrative support aligned with the priorities of our Operations Team, helping to create a welcoming and efficient front-of-house experience.

About Us

Astrea Academy Dearne is a thriving 11–16 secondary school with around 1,150 students, located in Barnsley and within easy reach of Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster, and Sheffield. As proud members of the Astrea Academy Trust, we are committed to delivering an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all.

We believe in a knowledge-rich curriculum, underpinned by high expectations, strong routines, and a warm-strict culture. Our approach is inspired by Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, Teach Like a Champion, and the latest in cognitive science.

Why Join Us?

• A supportive and values-driven team culture
• A clear and consistent behaviour system that allows staff to focus on their roles
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing, supportive coaching
• Excellent CPD and career development opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunities to complete NPQs and grow professionally within the Trust
• A chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people

Who We’re Looking For

• A highly effective and organised administrator
• Warm, professional, and confident in dealing with a wide range of people
• Aligned with our values and committed to our mission
• Passionate about supporting young people and removing barriers to success

Interested in Applying? If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you. Please refer to the Recruitment Pack and Job Description for full details.

To arrange a visit or find out more, contact Hannah Peace at: Hannah.peace@astreadearne.org

Closing Date: Midnight, 15 July 2025.

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI: Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Ready to Make a Difference? Take the next step in your career and join our forward-thinking team. Apply today and be part of our mission to create a positive impact!

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

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About Astrea Academy Dearne

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Dearne website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-dearne-academy

Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students and rapidly accelerate their progress?

Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced teacher or ECT.

Astrea Academy Dearne is an 11-16 secondary academy situated in Barnsley, with around 1150 students. We are within commutable distance from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield and are a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust family of schools. We have the highest aspiration for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. We are a truly comprehensive and inclusive academy. This is reflected in our approach to all areas of our work.

We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.

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