School Administrator (with Receptionist duties)

Ardleigh Green Junior School, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 2SP

33 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 December 2025

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week, term time only
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Grade 3 Point 5- 9(£24,668- £26,110) (£29,434- £31,155 Full time Equivalent)

What skills and experience we're looking for

School Administrator (with Receptionist duties)

Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams, so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. To help us, we wish to appoint a School Administrator (with Receptionist duties), who will provide a welcoming, efficient, and professional front-of-house service for our school community. Ensuring every child, parent, and visitor receives a positive experience.

We are looking to appoint someone with the following skills:

Has a calm, patient personality, who has strong organisational and administrative skills
Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive data appropriately
An enthusiastic, highly committed and flexible individual with excellent interpersonal skills
Commitment to working as a member of a team, and shows initiative to work independently
Ability to adapt to changing, and sometimes, challenging environment
Commitment to high professional and personal standards

Closing date for applications: Monday 5th January 2026 at 12.00pm

If you would like more information on our school, please visit our website: https://ardleighgreenjun.org.uk/

For further information about this role, please email Mrs P Broadmore at PBroadmore@elatschools.co.uk. If you have any queries about the recruitment process and compliance, please contact Miss J White, HR Officer, jwhite@elatschools.co.uk.

Ardleigh Green School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students; therefore, all successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including an online social media check, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.

Please find our policies here: Key Information – https://ardleighgreenjun.org.uk/key-information/

Early applications are appreciated as interviews will be arranged as and when suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to commence or complete the recruitment process prior to the closing date.

We do not accept applications via agencies.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

High quality professional development
Supportive and friendly staff
Flexible working opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Cycle to work scheme

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

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.