Receptionist
Joseph Leckie Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS5 4PG18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 July 2025 at 8am
Date listed
4 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours per week - Term Time Only Monday - Thursday: 8.00am - 4.30pm Friday: 8.00am - 4.00pm. 1 hour lunch
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,404 - £25,183
Pay scale
- Non-Teaching. Grade 3, SCP 4 - 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
You’ll need to:
- Be confident, organised, and approachable
- Handle queries with professionalism and a smile
- Manage the front desk and carry out vital admin duties
- Have strong IT and communication skills
- Keep calm under pressure and love a challenge
Previous experience in a school or busy office environment is desirable but not essential. A warm personality and can-do attitude matter most!
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you: -
- Friendly and supportive staff across the Academy
- A high focus on staff well-being with staff social events, a new gym, well-being counsellor, well-being coordinator for staff, Academy nurse, monthly staff breakfasts, employee assistance programme, an in-house educational psychologist and much more…
- Excellent support and professional development opportunities including opportunities to undertake our own in-house CPD programmes.
- A well established and supportive Induction programme for all staff at all levels.
- The opportunity to work with a highly supportive, well-established, dedicated and visible Leadership Team and welcoming staff at all levels.
- Excellent resources, programs and technology to support your work
- A large and expanding Academy at the forefront of change and growth, with high standards and an ambitious desire to better the lives of our students and impact further on our wider community.
Further details about the role
As our school receptionist, you’ll be the first point of contact for students, parents, staff, and visitors. Whether it’s answering a parent’s call, supporting staff with admin, or welcoming a nervous Year 7 on their first day—you’ll be the warm, reassuring presence that sets the tone.
Joseph Leckie Academy is a vibrant, exciting and innovative mixed 11-18 Academy with an overall positive progress score every year since 2017 and within the top 3 non-selective schools in Walsall every year since 2017. With our excellent results, being graded as ‘Good’ across all areas by Ofsted (October 2021) and our continual desire and drive to keep moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.
We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, progress and achievement. Ofsted commented that “Staff are proud to work in our Academy.” They also noted that: “Pupils are proud of their school. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) thrive. They receive strong support. Pupils with SEND speak highly of this strong support. They say, ‘support staff know us well.”
This post represents a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to make a real difference to our drive to continue to raise standards of education in the Academy. If you believe that you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we would love to hear from you.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Joseph Leckie Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1516 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Joseph Leckie Academy website
- Email address
- a.morgan@josephleckieacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01922 721071
Arranging a visit to Joseph Leckie Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email a.morgan@josephleckieacademy.co.uk.
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