Student Receptionist

Bluecoat Trent Academy, Nottingham, NG5 1AJ

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time, Permanent, Term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £24,790 to £25,584 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Provide an effective and efficient reception service to the Academy, acting as a first point of contact, welcoming visitors, staff, and students in a courteous, prompt, and professional manner
• Ensure the safety and security of the Academy, by managing the entry into the premises is appropriately controlled at all times
• Ensure that all visitors are signed in, checking identification and relevant information, issuing visitor badges and ensuring that the signing in and out process is followed.
• Respond and refer incoming communications, ensuring that messages are accurately relayed in a timely manner and referred appropriately
• Be responsible for maintaining and developing the reception area, ensuring it is well presented, to promote the activities and ethos of the Academy
• Maintain an environment which makes students / staff / visitors feels safe and enables them to report any concerns or complaints.
• Assist in maintaining the student record management, ensuring contents & databases are up-to-date and relevant.
• Assist with student welfare duties, liaising with parents / carers and staff, dealing with complex student matters and exploring where necessary to resolve any queries from student and or parents
• Work effectively as part of the core administration team providing support for a wide range of administration tasks as directed.
• Supporting with the debt management of staff / student lunch accounts.
• Manage lost property and confiscated items ensuring the correct procedure is followed to return items.
• Administrating student medication with oversight of the medicines stored within the office.
• Assisting with the uptake of free school meals by promoting and supporting families, maintaining databases and communicating changes where necessary.
• Manage all incoming and outgoing post and deliveries according to Academy procedures.
• Provide general administrative support e.g. photocopying, filing, compiling responses and respond to routine correspondence, with a good understanding of Microsoft 365.
• Provide first aid assistance to staff, students and visitors as and when necessary.
• The specific responsibilities are not exhaustive and are subject to change. Alternative duties commensurate with the level of the post may be allocated according to need

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bluecoat Trent Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 895 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bluecoat Trent Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 0115 900 7245
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bluecoat-trent-academy

Bluecoat Trent Academy

The Bluecoat Trent Academy (BTA) opened its doors in September 2021 with the founding cohort of Year 7 pupils. BTA is an 11-16, non-faith school. For the first year BTA accommodates six forms of entry, growing to eight forms in subsequent years.

The new build for the academy will be built on the former site of Clarendon College, on the edge of Forest Fields, close to Mapperley Park. Whilst the new academy is being constructed BTA will, for the first three years, be based in its own building on the site of Bluecoat Aspley Academy on Aspley Lane. The school will be underpinned by the ethos of all the Archway academies whilst establishing its own unique vision and values.

Arranging a visit to Bluecoat Trent Academy

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

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