School Receptionist & Administrator

Turves Green Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36.5 hours per week Monday to Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 2 £24,027 pro rata - Actual Salary £21,008 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an exceptional Receptionist/Office Administrator at Turves Green Primary School:

• To provide a helpful, courteous, and welcoming school reception service.
• Strong IT Skills.
• Front of house including answering the phone, taking messages, and dealing with general queries in a helpful and professional manner.
• Responsible for Breakfast Club and dinner numbers.
• Monitoring the recording of pupil attendance including the efficient maintenance of electronic registers and use of the correct attendance codes.
• Updating our MIS.
• Admin Requests.
• Letters and reports for Head Teacher/SLT.
• Assisting in the editing and updating of our school website.
• Incoming and outgoing post (i.e., franking, sorting, and distribution).

What the school offers its staff

In return for your commitment to our Trust, we can offer:

• An outstanding, innovative, and ambitious executive leadership team who, through their passion and drive to improve outcomes for children, support and motivate each other to achieve great things!
• Sector competitive pay.
• Excellent CPD opportunities.
• A fantastic supportive working environment.
• The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children across Birmingham.
• Access to our mental health and wellbeing platform, ExcelWell.
• The opportunity to develop into a highly effective leader.
• 24/7 advice and helpline.
• Flexible working arrangements.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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TUR Administrator_Receptionist Advert July 25.pdf - 277 KB (opens in new tab)

Reception and Admin JD - Excelsior.docx - 81.7 KB (opens in new tab)

About Turves Green Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 376 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Turves Green Primary School website
• Email address: hr@excelsiormat.org
• Phone number: 01212745872
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/turves-green-primary-school-birmingham

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