Receptionist

Manor School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 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: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Receptionist job summary

Hours of Work: 12:15 to 16:15

Internal and External applicants welcome to apply!

The Role:

The school receptionist is responsible for providing a professional, personable service to external and internal personnel and so will be an ambassador for the school and embody the values, visions, and ethos of the school in all interactions. It is to support and manage the efficient and effective systems pertinent to student academic and pastoral welfare. They will also provide high quality administrative support as required.

Key Tasks:

• Provide a high quality, professional service on the school reception, and within the school administration team.
• Complete reception duties efficiently and to provide a professional and positive welcome to all visitors, students and staff.
• Issue visitor lanyards and ensure all persons signed in/out, in accordance with safeguarding protocols.
• Deal with enquiries, by email, telephone and in person, to ensure accurate information is passed to the relevant parties in a speedy manner, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Be responsible for incoming and out-going post and monitor general office email account.

About You:

• GCSE grade C in English and mathematics (or equivalent)
• First aid training (or willingness to complete it)
• Knowledge and experience in carrying out administrative tasks
• Knowledge and experience working in a receptionist capacity
• Knowledge and experience dealing with face to face and telephone interactions
• Good oral and written communications skills

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts, and technology schemes. 
• Access to Cycle to Work 
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 
• Discounted gym membership 
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated* 

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 Manor School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 967 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Manor School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manor-school-wellingborough

Our mission is ‘Success for All’ - within our school and Trust communities, fulfilled through our determination for raising aspirations and developing character within a positive environment. We are passionate about inspiring our students to be confident, ambitious, and successful individuals. We teach and promote our school values of Resilience, Empathy, Aspiration, Curiosity and Humanity. From these, students are able display the virtues of kindness, gratitude, self-discipline, and personal responsibility. We have the highest expectations of our students and unashamedly uphold a warm professional culture. Within our community, students and staff are known, valued, developed, and supported to be successful and happy. This ensures our students are polite, kind to each other and work hard.

We are blessed to spend our days with wonderful children. But don’t just take our word for it…come and see for yourself! We encourage you to visit Manor School.

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