School Receptionist

Glossopdale School and Sixth Form, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DA

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  25 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £8,809.00 - £8,948.00 Annually (Actual) £25,185 - £25,583 FTE per annum

School Receptionist job summary

Thank you for your interest in joining Glossopdale School & Sixth Form. Our school is an oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive secondary school which serves the Glossop and wider community. We are a warm and caring school that has the highest expectations of students and ourselves, where every student is expected to work hard, behave well and contribute positively to the school community.

We are looking to appoint a School Receptionist who will be the first point of call for all visitors to the school. As the ‘face’ of the school, the receptionist must be personable, helpful and be able to communicate well, extending a warm welcome to represent the school in a professional and friendly manner. In addition, it is essential that the person undertaking this role is organised, able to multitask and work flexibly, be calm under pressure and have a ‘can do’, positive approach to work within a very busy and pressured environment.

We exist to empower our students to find their purpose, develop high aspirations and thrive, both academically and personally. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes students to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed as young people and into adulthood. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our students but our culture and curriculum enables them to thrive – to continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our students to succeed. At Glossopdale School & Sixth Form, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching students effective learning habits. We communicate and practise these regularly, as both staff and students.

While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We are a research-based school with the aim to develop highly effective evidence-based practices including teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.

We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully rebuilt our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

I am extremely proud to be the Headteacher of Glossopdale School & Sixth Form and consider it a privilege to be a part of such a vibrant and caring learning community. If you think this sounds like your sort of school, then we very much look forward to receiving your application to join us.

Please see attached job pack for more information.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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 Glossopdale School and Sixth Form

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1205 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Glossopdale School and Sixth Form website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/glossopdale-school-and-sixth-form

Our School is a warm and caring community for all of our 1,200 students, from when they join us in Year 7 to when they leave us in Year 13. We are a school that has the highest expectations of students and ourselves, where every student is expected to work hard, behave well and contribute positively to the school community.

Our core purpose is to support students of all abilities and backgrounds to develop high aspirations and achieve their potential. We do this by nurturing and building ambition for our students, we open opportunities, broaden horizons and introduce challenges ensuring everyone can thrive, both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be.
While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We have just started our journey to become a research based school with the aim to develop highly effective, evidence-based teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.

Everyone also has the ability to get involved with school life beyond their core role – whether that’s supporting one of the many extra-curricular activities and clubs, or becoming part of the student support structure we have in place for each year group. There’s always some way you can push yourself towards your own goals while inspiring and supporting our students.
We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully re-built our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

Just like our students, we welcome people to join our school from a diverse range of backgrounds. We welcome interest from enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking individuals who wish to share in our and, more importantly, our students’ success.

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