School Receptionist/Admin Assistant

Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0TP

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 September 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: £31,290.00 - £32,655.00 Annually (FTE)

School Receptionist/Admin Assistant job summary

Purpose

Be the first point of contact for pupils, parents, staff, visitors and callers to the school.

Provide a welcoming, professional and well-organised front of house service.

Provide reliable administrative support to the school office and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed at all times.

It is expected that the School Receptionist/Admin Assistant will use their initiative and identify what is needed to support the effective running of reception and the school office. The list below is not intended to be comprehensive, but is an indication of the duties that may be expected.

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 Questionnaire
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 Trinity Catholic High School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1603 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Trinity Catholic High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trinity-catholic-high-school

Trinity Catholic High School is large Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Redbridge and within the Diocese of Brentwood. Ofsted have ranked us as ‘outstanding’ on 5 consecutive occasions and we have a reputation for excellence in all aspects of our service to the children in our school and the wider community. Our school’s inspection reports can be viewed on this link: www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/inspections. The highest standards relating to Teaching and Learning are a feature of daily life at Trinity and these significantly and positively impact student progress and attainment. Trinity’s Section 48 report (January 2020) states that “Trinity Catholic High School is an outstanding school and a beacon of high-quality Catholic education. It has an excellent reputation in the local community and beyond and it is rightly seen as a flagship school for the Diocese of Brentwood”. The report also emphasises that “Catholic life at Trinity Catholic High School is outstanding and is of the highest quality” and “Every aspect of Collective Worship at the school is outstanding".

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