School Receptionist

St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QR

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  22 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 March 2026

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: £25,663.50 - £26,030.57 Annually (Actual) 36 Hours per Week – Term Time + one week

School Receptionist job summary

Job Purpose:

Act as prime initial contact for visitors and parents when on reception and provide day-to-day administrative support in our busy school office

General Administrative Duties including:

• Deal with face-to-face enquiries - greeting, registering and assisting visitors in a welcoming manner, always ensuring that the ethos, values and policies of the school are promoted and that safeguarding requirements are considered when allowing access to the school for whatever reason

• Answer incoming telephone calls in a timely and efficient manner, regularly checking the answerphone for messages whilst on reception

• Respond helpfully and sensitively to pupils and their parents as required

• Receive and sign for the delivery of goods

• Respond helpfully and sensitively to pupils and their parents as required
• Ensure all visitors and staff sign in and out, using the electronic ‘Inventry’ system. All visitors are accompanied in school unless their appropriate vetting status has been confirmed
• Send out information/letters as required through the online parent email and text communication systems etc
• Monitor the school’s email address, ensuring emails are responded to and forwarded on to the correct staff member
• To ensure that the main entrance and office areas are kept tidy, notices and parent forms are up to date in order to provide a clean and welcoming environment
• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality with regards to issues concerning members of staff and pupils
• Maintain and operate manual and computerised records, including the school’s management information system

• To undertake other administrative duties as requested

Professional Conduct

• To maintain high standards of professional behaviour towards colleagues and students

• To lead by example and to follow the School’s dress code and Code of Conduct

• To carry out duties in a friendly, helpful and professional manner

• To have a flexible approach and to be prepared for the unusual

Promotion of Corporate Values

• To ensure that our stakeholders are supported to the agreed standards according to the school’s Christian values

• To ensure that a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of work

• To uphold and actively support the School’s policies and procedures on the safeguarding of young people

This Job Description is current at the date shown but, in consultation with you, may be changed by the Co-Principals, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job commensurate with the salary and job title.

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

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.

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 St Mary's and St John's CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: Up to 1780 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-and-st-john-s-cofe-school-london

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