Receptionist

Little Heath Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 7FN

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  11 July 2025

• Closing date

  16 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 2 £23,656 - £24,404 per annum (£12,483 to £1

Receptionist job summary

Receptionist

Grade 2 £23,656 - £24,404 per annum (£12,483 to £12,877 pro rata to hours and weeks worked).

Permanent, 22.5 hours per week, Term Time only plus Teacher Training Days (39 weeks).

Wednesday to Friday 8.00 am to 4.00 pm (half an hour unpaid lunch).

Little Heath Primary School – Together we learn, together we achieve

This is a fantastic opportunity for a welcoming, friendly and reliable individual to join our dedicated and enthusiastic administrative team to help with the smooth running of Little Heath Primary school.

You will be the face of our school; customer service will be at the heart of your role alongside a flexible ‘can do’ approach to working. We pride ourselves in our welcoming approach, positive attitude, our impressive facilities and building. Meeting, greeting and helping pupils, staff and everyone who visits our school is a fundamental part of this job. You will be confident when communicating with a wide range of stakeholders in customer facing situations and have sound admin, IT and organisational skills.

This is an exciting time to join our school, we have a great staff team who are dedicated to school improvement and ensuring that our children are at the heart of everything we do. You will have a chance to make your mark in the hub of the school, ensuring effective admin and communication in all that you do to ensure we are providing great opportunities for learning for all our pupils. If you gain satisfaction from making a difference to young people, in a role where every day is different, this is the job for you!

Little Heath Primary School is a proud member of the Castle Phoenix Trust, strongly promoting ‘leading learning and excelling together’. Our Trust prides itself on being the kind of place people want to work, where everyone recognises the buzz of excitement and togetherness, whatever stage they are at in their career.

We can offer: -

• Hard working colleagues and well-trained support staff who are passionate about what they do

• A supportive and committed administrative team to work alongside

• A supportive Trust and local governing body who are committed to helping the school move forwards

• A pledge to grow your talent through professional development and collaboration opportunities within our Trust and beyond.

• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition, through the Trust people strategy, and a range of benefits which include the local government pension scheme, term time only working, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership and an employee discount scheme

If you would like to know more, please email Mrs Jo Stanley (Headteacher) to arrange a call about the role. 

We are excited about our future – we would love to hear from you if you think you could be part of creating that future.

Closing date: Wednesday 16th July 09:00am

Interview date: Monday 21st July 2025

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

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

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.

About Little Heath Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Little Heath Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/little-heath-primary-school-coventry

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