Receptionist with Administrative Duties
Kaizen Primary School, London, E13 8LF7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st August 2025
Closing date
21 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,714.00 - £24,714.00 Annually (Actual)
Receptionist with Administrative Duties job summary
Apply by: 21st July 2025
Start Date: 1st August 2025
Salary: £24,714
Location: Gainsborough Primary School – 10 - 14 Gainsborough Road, West Ham, Stratford, London, E15 3AF
Contract type: Temporary 1 year Contract
39 weeks (Term Time Only) + Inset Days
Hours: 36 hours per week
Eko Trust is a family of good and outstanding schools situated across London, Brighton and Suffolk. Collaborating seamlessly, we are dedicated to cultivating a supportive environment where our collective goal is to constantly learn and innovate, striving to deliver unparalleled educational outcomes for the children under our care. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in education and thrive in a collaborative, progressive atmosphere, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to a community committed to excellence.
Gainsborough Primary School is seeking a professional, friendly and highly organised Receptionist & Admin Assistant to join our vibrant and inclusive school community.
This is a key front-of-house role, where you’ll be the first point of contact for our pupils, families, staff and visitors. We’re looking for someone who is confident, efficient and committed to delivering excellent customer service, while supporting the wider administrative functions of the school.
Main Responsibilities
- Greet visitors in a courteous and professional manner.
- Answer and direct telephone calls promptly and accurately.
- Manage incoming and outgoing mail.
- Maintain a tidy and welcoming reception area.
- Assist with administrative tasks as required.
- Ensure security procedures for visitors are followed.
- Provide information and support to staff, students, and visitors.
Person Specification
Essential:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Professional telephone manner.
- Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively.
- Basic IT skills (e.g. email, Microsoft Office).
- Reliability and punctuality.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Desirable:
- Previous experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge of school or educational environment.
Our School can offer:
Supportive and friendly staff who work together as a team
Forward-thinking approaches to learning, professional development, and school improvement
Continuous professional development & learning opportunities
Employee benefits scheme offering great discounts from a range of brands
Salary sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to Work
Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 access to a confidential employee helpline staffed by trained counsellors
Access to private GP services, counselling, financial wellbeing advice, physiotherapy, and other specialist services
Family-friendly policies and options for flexible working
A commitment to your career aspirations and professional development
A clear vision for the future and strong values of
Eko Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending our schools. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced DBS check being completed. This post is also subject to a satisfactory probationary period and medical clearance.
Closing date for applications: 21st July 2025
Interviews on 23rd July 2025
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 Kaizen Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 420 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kaizen Primary School website
Kaizen Primary School is a very dynamic place to learn. How we organise learning, how we excite, enthuse and engage children is the most powerful thing we can do to impact children’s ability to achieve and become lifelong learners. We achieve this through well informed, confident staff, who are able to structure flexible learning opportunities. We are absolutely focussed on learning; be that children or adults. All adults are supported to consider and achieve their ambitions. Working together, and as a result of having Teaching School status, we can create clear career pathways and seek out exciting opportunities for staff to grow and develop.
Our very special school, deserves a special name – hence Kaizen. It’s a Japanese word, which means making continuous improvement to your life by putting effort in every day. We talk to the children every day about their continuous learning journey. Each day is an important one as they take small steps towards big dreams. Kaizen is an Eko School benefiting from the challenge and support that the Trust provides.
The great learning that happens for children and adults means we achieve many things and we’re very proud of this. We achieved an Outstanding grade in Ofsted in June 2015. Never a school to stand still, we became a teaching school and a national support school. Most recently, because of the work we do for the professional development of staff, we achieved the CPD Quality Mark Gold Award.
We are all passionate that children and adults develop and maintain a life-long love of learning and are looking forward to working in partnership with you. Come and see us and begin our journey together to achieve amazing things.
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