Receptionist

Poltair School, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4BZ

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  On completion of pre-employment checks

• Closing date

  11 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 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: £20,818.00 - £23,715.00 Annually (Actual)

Receptionist job summary

As the Receptionist, you’ll be the welcoming face of our school—providing a professional, friendly, and efficient first point of contact for visitors, parents, and staff. You’ll manage front-line communications via phone, email, and in person, ensuring all enquiries are handled with care and professionalism.

Your responsibilities will include greeting visitors, managing calls and messages, organising incoming and outgoing mail, and maintaining accurate records on the school’s systems. You’ll also support general office administration, helping to keep operations running smoothly day to day.

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational skills, who thrives in a busy environment and enjoys working as part of a supportive team. Confidence, attention to detail, and a genuine commitment to outstanding customer care are key to success in this role.

This position is ideal for a proactive and approachable individual who enjoys variety and takes pride in creating a welcoming and efficient environment for all.

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

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 Poltair School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 877 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Poltair School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/poltair-school-st-austell

At Poltair School, you will work in an exciting, fast-paced and highly motivated, yet supportive environment. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards for behaviour, engagement and academic outcomes.

Poltair is a school steeped in history on an exponential journey of success, supported as part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’. This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across five secondary schools, one junior school and nine primary schools. There are extensive opportunities to work collaboratively with experienced professionals and leaders across the Trust, with unparalleled CPD and career development prospects for all.

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