16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    4 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    18 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Academy Trust Scale based on skills and experience (£21,306 to £26,176 (FTE))

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Reach Free School is seeking to appoint a welcoming, professional and highly organised School Receptionist to join our thriving and close-knit community.

This is a school where every pupil is known as an individual, and every member of staff is valued for the strengths they bring. As the first point of contact for visitors, parents, staff and sixth form students, the receptionist plays a pivotal role in maintaining the calm, friendly and approachable atmosphere that defines our school.

Whether you have experience in a front-of-house role or are looking to bring your strong communication and administrative skills to a fresh and engaging environment, you will find a supportive and collaborative staff team where your role is genuinely appreciated. You will be part of a school that places great emphasis on community, innovation and high expectations for both our pupils and our staff.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we will offer you:

  • A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards

  • Opportunities to develop a broad range of skills in a vibrant and evolving environment

  • Experience in an education setting which will assist with future career opportunities in the teaching profession.

The Reach Free School is a successful secondary school which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2023. The oversubscribed school is a popular choice for local families. The school has excellent modern facilities built in 2018 right in the heart of its community. If the challenges of working in a non-selective secondary school appeal to you, then we would like to hear from you.

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

The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check, as well as in-depth online checks. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Reach Free School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
753 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

The Reach Free School is an 11 to 18 school in Rickmansworth, which serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Opened in September 2013, the school was founded by a group of teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.

All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such we expect all pupils to: commit their best efforts to all that they do; support each other to achieve their potential; work with their teachers to exceed their goals; demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do; take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond; enjoy learning.

The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are very much involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing skills in leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration and independent, self led learning.

A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School and it is important that our pupils recognise their own responsibilities as members of the community. It is this that underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.

Arranging a visit to The Reach Free School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kmckay@reachfree.co.uk.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

PERFORMING ARTS TECHNICIAN

Nower Hill High School

George V Avenue, Pinner, HA5 5RP

Pupils Services Administrator

The Reach Free School

Long Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8AB

Science Technician

Rickmansworth School

Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3AQ

Sixth Form Administrator

The Beaconsfield School

Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Hertfordshire