Receptionist

Woodkirk Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 1JQ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Thursday 26th February 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,037.00 Annually (Actual)

Receptionist job summary

In this role you will be responsible for the smooth running of the Visitor Reception and the first point of call for contact to the school.

With excellent organisation skills and attention to detail, you will undertake a range of different administrative tasks from managing the Academy’s switchboard to greeting visitors arriving on site.

You will have experience of using Microsoft Office packages and know how to use them effectively to reduce administrative burden.

This is a fixed term role to cover maternity leave starting 26th February until 23rd October 2026.

Leodis Academies Trust and our individual Academies are committed to ‘Forging Young Futures’. To do this, each Academy has its own ethos and identity and has the freedom to develop individually as well as working collaboratively to secure high quality outcomes for all its young people. In return for joining us as our receptionist, we can offer:

An opportunity to use your skills and knowledge to make a real difference to children within our community, whilst working within a school that fosters positivity and care.

Access to an expanding range of lifestyle benefits including, free flu vaccinations and a cycle to work scheme.

Access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential support 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This includes, physiotherapy, counselling, wellness podcasts, GP appointments.

Free parking on site

A wide range of possibilities to develop as a professional, with access to job related learning and development opportunities across the Trust.

All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, two references will be sought, and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring service check (DBS), medical clearance and provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and evidence of qualifications.

We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For a discussion regarding this role, or to arrange a visit, please contact Julie Hudson, Administration Manager, on 0113 887 3617.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Woodkirk Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1775 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodkirk Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodkirk-academy

Woodkirk Academy is a high performing, successful, well established, fully comprehensive, co-educational 11-18 maintained Academy and a founding member of Leodis Academies Trust. We have a proud record in academic, intellectual, social and sporting, musical, dramatic and community developments. Our latest Ofsted report noted a ‘passion and commitment to continuous improvement’ and that ‘leadership at all levels is focused on the progress of pupils.’

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