School Receptionist & Administrator
Valence School, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
18 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.54 Hourly 37.5 hours per week Term Time Only £21,360 actual gross p,a,
School Receptionist & Administrator job summary
You should have proven Reception experience or in a customer facing role preferably within a school or busy office and have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. You will need to be calm, approachable and highly organised and able to multi-task and work flexibly as no two days are the same! A sound education to GCSE level (or equivalent) and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) is also required. This post requires a high degree of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive, confidential information.
8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday
In this role you will:
Provide professional reception and administrative support as the first point of contact for the school, managing reception, visitor processes, safeguarding compliance and confidential enquiries in line with GDPR requirements. You will oversee general communications, mail distribution, email management and deliver comprehensive administrative support including attendance monitoring, financial processing and petty cash controls to support the effective day-to-day operation of the school.
What we offer:
- term time working - 39 working weeks plus 6.4 weeks paid holiday
- generous pension scheme with life cover
- access to retail discounts, health and wellbeing support including staff well-being sessions and events
- free on-site parking and refreshments
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and promote equality for all. For shortlisted candidates references will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy, interview and appoint earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this role.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Valence School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Valence School website
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.
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