School Administrator / Receptionist
Horsenden Primary School
Ealing
- £25,950 - £27,140 per year
- New
- Salary:
- inclusive of London Weighting and Ealing supplement
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 16 October 2024
Job overview
Salary: Grade 4 – SP7-SP10 - £27,996 to £29,280 (inclusive of London Weighting and Ealing supplement) – Actual pro-rata salary: £25,950 to £27,140
Contract: Permanent, term-time plus two weeks (40 weeks)
Hours: 35 hours a week, 8.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday
Required for: ASAP
Are you an organised, friendly, and professional individual with a passion for creating a welcoming environment? Horsenden Primary is looking for an Administrator/Receptionist to join our dynamic office team. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the school's front office, school communications, and supporting the welfare of our pupils.
The role:
- Serve as the first point of contact for all visitors, providing a warm, welcoming, and professional reception.
- Manage the school’s diary and communications, keeping staff and parents informed of important dates and appointments.
- Administrative duties including handling correspondence, school emails, filing, typing, organising meetings and hospitality.
- Ensure safeguarding and signing-in procedures are followed for all visitors, contractors, staff and pupils.
- Manage office supplies and resources, ensuring stock levels are maintained and office equipment is fully operational.
- Adhere to the school’s safeguarding, health and safety, and data protection policies at all times.
What We’re Looking For:
- A positive, professional, and approachable individual with strong communication skills.
- Excellent organisational abilities and attention to detail.
- Competence in using ICT systems, including SIMS and Microsoft Office.
- The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Experience in a school or similar environment is desirable but not essential.
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
What we offer:
- A competitive salary and generous pension scheme
- Opportunities for professional development
- Employee Assistance Programme
- The chance to work in a supportive team with strong leadership and future prospects
Join our team at Horsenden Primary School!
We are a large, vibrant, and diverse primary school in Greenford, Ealing, looking for ambitious and inspirational staff who are passionate about making a difference to our pupils. We believe in the potential of both our students and our staff, and we offer a supportive environment with limitless aspirations for all.
Our comprehensive in-house professional development programme provides plenty of opportunities for growth, including coaching-style feedback, and self-reflection.
At Horsenden, we are proud of our fantastic facilities, including an on-site swimming pool, music room, computer suite, and Multi-Use Games Area. These resources allow us to deliver an engaging curriculum and provide a wide range of extra-curricular activities for our pupils and the community.
If you are enthusiastic, efficient, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!
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. The successful applicant will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). Further information can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please email the office at recruitment@horsenden.ealing.sch.uk to make an appointment.
To apply: Please download the application form, job description, person specification and guidance notes. Please return your completed application form via recruitment@horsenden.ealing.sch.uk or upload to TES.
Please note: CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: Wednesday 16 October at 12pm midday
Shortlisting: Wednesday 16 October 2024
Interviews: Tuesday 22 October 2024
Attached documents
About Horsenden Primary School
- Horsenden Primary School
- Horsenden Lane North, Greenford
- Middlesex
- UB6 0PB
- United Kingdom
Letter from the Headteacher
Thank you for showing an interest in our vacancy at Horsenden Primary School. We are a large, multicultural school where we hold limitless aspirations for our pupils and staff. We are keen to recruit inspirational and ambitious staff to join our well-established team. Our school values, represented by the HORSE code (Hardworking, Optimistic, Respectful, Sincere, Empowered) underpin the work we do. Staff and governors strive for continuous improvement to achieve exemplary teaching and learning experiences for all of our pupils, each and every day.
We achieve all of this by investing heavily in developing and valuing all staff. Staff are developed in a range of ways and are provided with a wide variety of opportunities to engage in personalised training, including opportunities for professional reading, discussion and self-reflection. The professional development programme is complimented with a coaching-style feedback model, strong links with other local schools, and opportunities to access externally provided qualifications such as the NPQ’s.
We aim to develop pupils who are confident, ambitious critical thinkers who have the skills to successfully explore their interests while becoming curious about the world around them. Our newly developed experiential curriculum is designed to inspire and challenge our pupils. It is well designed and bespoke to our school, celebrating our pupils and the local community. It is built on an oracy approach where speaking and listening underpins learning. The explicit teaching of new vocabulary combined with talk opportunities support pupils to make links across subjects and to their real life experiences.
Inclusion is at the heart of what we do. All pupils are valued for their differences and staff strive to ensure that every child is challenged to access the curriculum at their level. We are still embedding our approach to using metacognition and SOLO Taxonomy to hold limitless aspirations for all of our pupils. We aim to teach children how their brains work, how they learn best and to take responsibility for their learning and progress, which we believe will set them up for life.
Benefits
- Excellent CPD programme and career development opportunities
- Generous pension scheme
- Inner London weighting salary
- Employee assistance programme
- Support from experienced Senior Leadership Team
Our facilities
Horsenden Primary school is a large three form entry school in the leafy Greenford area of the London Borough of Ealing, serving a diverse community. Our pupils have access to a range of fabulous facilities including an on-site swimming pool, dedicated music room, computer suite, practical room with cooking facilities, well-resourced book areas and libraries as well as a Multi-Use Games Area and three separate playgrounds. Our wonderful facilities allow us to deliver an inspiring and interactive curriculum.
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