Receptionist

West Wycombe School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3AH

4 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,966.00 - £27,770.00 Annually (FTE) 08:45-12:30 Mon-Fri. (18.75 hrs per week term time only). Bucks Pay Range 1B-2. It may be possible to offer some flexibility with working hours.

Receptionist job summary

The purpose of the job of School Receptionist is:

To provide an efficient and professional secretarial and administrative support to the staff of the school.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure there is provision of a front-line reception service on behalf of the School. To ensure that all telephone callers and visitors receive a courteous and appropriate response and that, where necessary, messages are taken and referred accordingly.
• Maintain the school office email, responding to parents’ queries, external agencies and forwarding as required.
• Updating pupil records using the school MIS (Arbor).
• Sending out school communications to parent/carers.
• Record, update and monitor all school registers on a daily basis, and chase any outstanding registers.
• To ensure that all visitors, including parents and Governors, receive the appropriate hospitality and follow the school’s safeguarding and health and safety policy.
• To support the school attendance system and the Administrator and administer the necessary process of associated “Absent” children.
• Ensure all medicines are stored and administered appropriately and in accordance with the administration or medicines policy.
• Monitoring first aid supplies, keeping supplies topped up.
• Supporting staff with administration of trips, such as booking coaches.
• Deliver first aid to pupils. Recording first aid and administration of medicines with CPOMS
• All administration of school meals.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, equal opportunities, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection; reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Receive and sign for deliveries and distribute.
• Carry out all duties with regard to schools polices and codes of conduct.
• Participate in training and other learning activities as required to participate in appraisal and professional development.
• Set high expectations of conduct, whilst acting as a good role model for others.
• Ensure the output and quality of work is of a high standard and complies with legislation/standards.
• Assist parents, carers and other stakeholders with general enquiries
• Undertake routine administration.
• Ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s policies.

Additional Duties

• To commit to your own continuing personal development
• Contribute to the overall ethos, vision and aims of the school

The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the Headteacher to carry out appropriate duties within the contact of the job, skills and grade.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About West Wycombe School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Wycombe School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-wycombe-school

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