Receptionist

Learning Without Limits Academy Trust, Leicester, LE2 6FU

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  8 October 2025

• Closing date

  27 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584-£25,989 (Grade 3 pts 5-6)

Receptionist job summary

Learning without Limits Academy Trust is looking to appoint a Trust Receptionist to play a vital role in the smooth running of our central office. This is a key front-facing position, responsible for delivering a professional and welcoming reception service.

As Trust Receptionist you will be the first point of contract for all visitors and enquiries, either in person, on the phone or via email, ensuring a helpful, courteous and efficient experience that reflects the Trust vision and values.

To be successful in this role, you will have experience in a receptionist role within an education setting, and a strong understanding of the activities that support the effective operation of a Trust central office.

You will be based at our Trust Offices located at Lancaster Academy, working in a fast-paced but supportive environment. You’ll demonstrate initiative, professionalism, and a commitment to going above and beyond in support of colleagues and stakeholders..

Why work for us?

LwLAT is a small multi-academy Trust based in the heart of Leicester City, serving diverse and vibrant communities. Our strength comes from collaboration, with an emphasis on winning hearts and inspiring minds. We know that by positively celebrating and sharing the great work we are doing, through our vision and values, there are no limits to how high we can aim, and to what our learners, staff and communities can achieve.

We value inclusive practices and diverse teams, recognising that different perspectives and experiences enrich our working lives.

This role requires you to be onsite in the Trust Office Monday to Friday, including school holiday periods. There is also the need for some flexibility to support with afterhours meetings and training events taking place at the Trust Office, to be agreed on an ad hoc basis.

You will:

• Have at least 2 years' experience working in an education setting, in a similar role

• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Provide a warm, professional and helpful experience for all visitors and staff

• Work accurately and confidentially, with strong attention to detail

• Be proactive and solution-focused, able to manage competing demands

• Be confident using Microsoft 365 and other IT systems

We can offer:

• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme

• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.

• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.

• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!

• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.

• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.

• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff

• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff

• Free onsite parking

• Free tea and coffee

This post is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and satisfactory references.

How to Apply:

For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed LwLAT application forms. CVs and resumes will not be considered.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 27th October

Successful applicants will be invited for interview on either the 3rd or 4th November, at the Trust Offices c/o Lancaster Academy, Knighton Road East, Leicester LE2 6FU.

Previous applicants need not apply.

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

LwLAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to an Enhanced DBS with barred list check, and a prohibition from teaching check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance is available on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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.

About Learning Without Limits Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Learning Without Limits Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/learning-without-limits-academy-trust

Established in 2016, our Trust operates schools across Leicester and Leicestershire, working with children between the ages of 2 and 16. We are a Trust that prides itself in working within deprived and challenging areas, determined to improve the life chances of all of the children we work with.

Collaboration is at the heart of all of our activity, and whilst all of our schools work in diverse and often challenging contexts, our school communities pull together to support each other overcome the challenges they face.

We value our students, families and staff. We invest in our stakeholders and work with them to be the very best they can be. We listen to their views and respond to ensure that we continue our quest for constant improvement.

We invest in our staff. Our Continuous Professional Development programme draws on the very best we have to offer within our Trust whilst engaging with local partners in order to ensure our staff are highly trained and highly competent as a result. This investment ensures that we are at the cutting edge of current educational practice and at the forefront of innovation.

We challenge existing practice and constantly search for new ideas and solutions. We are on a constant search for improvement and we walk towards new challenges and ways doing things. We have a culture of innovation that supports the implementation of new ideas and staff get exited about stepping in to the unknown and trying things out for the first time.

We care deeply about making a difference and make every effort to remove barriers that get in the way of us supporting everyone we work with. We celebrate the successes and support each other through the challenges, working together as one family of schools for the benefit of the communities we serve.

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