Receptionist – Nightingale Community Academy’s Satellite Provision
Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DF18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
3 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Permanent – Term Time only, 36 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- OHCAT Inner London PayScale, Grade SC 1C - 3, SP 8 to 17, Actual Salary: £25,519.42 - £26,995.00 (FTE £29,802 to £31,526.00)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are excited to announce the development of a new satellite site, opening after Easter 2026. This provision will offer up to 72 secondary places for boys and girls, introduced through a phased build-up over three years. Joining the team at this new site provides a unique opportunity to help shape a brand new provision from the ground up, creating a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment for students from day one.
We are looking for a friendly, professional, and organised Receptionist to join our team at our brand new satellite site, supporting the smooth running of the school office and contributing to a welcoming, efficient environment for staff, students, parents, and visitors.
Key Responsibilities:
• Welcome and assist visitors, parents, and pupils, ensuring a friendly and professional reception experience.
• Manage incoming calls, emails, and correspondence, directing enquiries promptly and appropriately.
• Maintain accurate records and databases, including attendance, visitor logs, and safeguarding information.
• Provide administrative support to the Head of Centre and wider school team, including letters, reports, and scheduling.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding and data protection policies, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Key Requirements:
• Previous experience in a receptionist or administrative role ideally within an educational setting.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a calm and positive manner.
• Is highly organised and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple tasks in a busy environment.
• Has strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and administrative systems.
• Is committed to supporting the ethos of an SEMH school, showing empathy, patience, and professionalism 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 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
Commitment to safeguarding
Nightingale Community Academy and Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are 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.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Applying for the job
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About Nightingale Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 137 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nightingale Community Academy website
- Email address
- CBoateng@nightingaleca.org
Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.
Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.
“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).
Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.
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