Receptionist
Beckfoot School, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1EE10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 June 2026
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
- £19,965.00 - £20,603.00 Annually (Actual) Band 5, SCP 4-6
Receptionist job summary
Beckfoot School is seeking a highly organised individual with strong interpersonal skills to join our busy and dedicated team as a Receptionist. You will play a key role in a supporting the day-to-day running of our school. Whether you're welcoming visitors, managing data and communication, organising key systems, or supporting colleagues across school. The ideal candidate will thrive in a in a busy environment and can manage competing priorities with confidence. We are looking for someone who:
- Will champion our school values of Enjoy-Learn-Succeed
- Is professional, friendly and able to communicate effectively with students, colleagues, families and visitors
- Has strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
- Works well both independently and as part of a team
- Is confident using digital systems
- Shares our Trust vision of creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
This is a permanent part-time position for 35 hours a week, term time only. The working pattern is as follows: 7.45am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday.
Why choose Beckfoot School
Beckfoot School is a thriving 11-18 secondary school with an excellent reputation, making it one of the most over-subscribed schools in the country.
Our school is a vibrant and inspiring place for students to learn, grow and thrive.
We are committed to:
Academic excellence, ensuring every student achieves their potential.
Personal development, nurturing confident, well-rounded individuals.
Visitors often speak of the ‘Beckfoot Buzz’, a tangible sense of energy and positivity that reflects our core values of enjoy, learn, succeed.
At Beckfoot School:
Our professional development offer is exceptional, with high quality CPD and personalised coaching on offer for all staff.
Edurio survey results and staff voice confirms that this is a place where teachers can teach, and students can learn.
Staff turnover is low, and there’s a deep sense of pride in being part of Team Beckfoot School and Team Beckfoot Trust.
Everything we do can be encapsulated by the sentence ‘limitless possibilities for all’, as this truly underpins our belief and ambition for every student.
About Beckfoot Trust
Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another. We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team Beckfoot School, we’re making a real difference in our community.
Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our careers page.
Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide
Beckfoot Trust collects and processes personal data in accordance with UK Data Protection Laws. For more information on the personal data we collect and why, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice: Beckfoot Trust - Privacy Notices
Click on the useful links below for further information:
- Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents
- Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required.
Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Beckfoot Trust. If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team on the contact details below.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Beckfoot School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1605 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Beckfoot School website
Beckfoot School formed the Trust in 2013. It is an 11-18 secondary school with 1660 pupils. The school secured an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted judgement in 2014. It established a Teaching School in 2015 and secured a ‘World Class Quality’ in 2016.
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