Receptionist

Bedelsford School, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QZ

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday - Thursday 8.15am - 4pm Friday 8.15 - 3.45pm, 36 hours per week.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: OHCAT Outer London payscale, Grade D, SP 15 – 20, Actual salary: £25,202.59 - £26,678.00 (FTE £29,432 - £31,155)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a friendly, organised and reliable Receptionist to join our administrative team. As the first point of contact for visitors, parents and pupils, you will play a key role in creating a welcoming and professional front-of-house environment. Alongside reception duties, you will provide general administrative support to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the school office. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong interpersonal and organisational skills who enjoys working in a busy and varied role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the first point of contact for visitors, pupils and staff, providing a welcoming and professional reception service.
• Manage incoming telephone calls and emails, ensuring enquiries are handled efficiently or directed appropriately.
• Maintain accurate visitor records in line with safeguarding procedures.
• Provide general administrative support, including filing, data entry and document preparation.
• Support the wider office team with day-to-day administrative tasks as required.

Key Requirements:

• GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics at Grade 4/C or above.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a professional and approachable manner.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload.
• Competence in basic IT systems (e.g. Microsoft Office).
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and maintain confidentiality at all times.

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)

• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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

Bedelsford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Receptionist - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 187 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bedelsford School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bedelsford School website
• Email address: MHartzenberg@bedelsfordschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedelsford-school

Bedelsford School is an outstanding special school which aims to provide innovative education and a challenging environment for pupils aged 2 to 19. The school specialises in educating pupils with a wide range of Physical Disabilities including those with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Moderate Learning Difficulties and Complex Health needs. However, we are a changing population and many of our pupils now have CLDD (complex learning difficulties and disabilities).

The school converted to Academy status in April 2016 and was last inspected by Ofsted in December 2018 . Inspectors observed: Bedelsford School has high expectations of all and aims to provide consistent and sustained improvement, working collegiately with key partners.

We keenly take account of the development of neuroscientific knowledge and research to better enable us to develop the skills of our staff team, understand the unique ways our pupils learn and implement the teaching strategies which will ensure pupils make the maximum progress they can.

Bedelsford School works in close partnership with Parents/Carers to ensure that collaborative goal setting takes place and that all students reach their full potential.

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