Receptionist/Office Administrator
Kenyngton Manor Primary School, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 7QL30 days remaining to apply
Closing date
24 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 June 2026
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
- £21,679.00 Annually (Actual)
Receptionist/Office Administrator job summary
Monday to Friday, 36 hours a week 8:00am to 3.45 pm finishing at 3.30 pm on day per week
Permanent/Term-time plus 1 week (40 weeks per year)
Pro rata salary: £21,679 per annum (based on working arrangements)
We are seeking a motivated Receptionist/Administrator to join our team at Kenyngton Manor Primary School. The postholder will support the Office Manager and Office Team in the efficient running of the school reception area and provide a broad range of general administrative support including answering telephone calls and managing face- to-face enquiries, school admissions admin, diary management, arranging school visits, delivering first aid to pupils and maintaining first aid supplies.
What we are looking for:
- Ability to be reliable and work as part of a team
- Professional telephone manner
- Good organisation skills
- Ability to remain professional and discreet when dealing with service users, ensuring confidentiality at all times
If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the THPT HR Team by email at hrteam1@thpt.org.uk
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.
The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
We really want you to shine as part of our application and selection process so that you can truly perform at your best and feel comfortable. Our processes are extremely flexible. Please let us know what we can do so that you can be at your best throughout the application and selection stages, just contact us by email for an informal chat.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.
Values and Behaviours
We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values. Please ensure your supporting statement reflects our values.
Our values are: Integrity, Partnership, Advocacy, Resilience, Compassion, Aspiration.
Safeguarding and Further Information
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kenyngton Manor Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kenyngton Manor Primary School website
School location
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