Receptionist at Talbot Primary School

Role: Receptionist

School: Talbot Primary School

Hours: 25.5 hours, term time only, permanent

Working Hours Are

• 8am to 12:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
• 8am to 4:30pm Wednesdays (with one hour’s unpaid lunch break)

Salary

Poole Grade C

SCP 3 to 4 £24,027 to £24,404 FTE (pay award pending)

£14,179 to £14,402 pro rata

Closing date: Monday 9 June 2025 at Midday

Interview date: Thursday 19 June 2025

Start date: 2 September 2025

Job/Person Summary

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and effective receptionist for our main school office. You will be joining a skilled, dedicated, and supportive staff team in an exciting school.

Receptionists/administrators with all levels of experience are encouraged to apply. Training to support you in your role is offered.

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a reliable, flexible, and enthusiastic Receptionist to join our busy school business team. The successful candidate will be confident, organized, and have excellent communication skills. The post requires a high degree of interpersonal, organizational, communication, and administrative skills (including initiative, flexibility, diplomacy, discretion, confidentiality, and a professional approach).

The Successful Applicant Will Have

• general clerical and administration experience
• excellent customer care skills as first point of contact within the school
• computer literacy with good attention to detail
• ability to manage and prioritize a busy workload
• experience of working in a school environment is desirable
• high expectations of customer liaison and interactions

Talbot Primary is an ambitious, friendly, and happy school for children aged 4 to 11 years. We were graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted (January 2022). The school is looking for an enthusiastic Receptionist to join our team. Wellbeing is at the heart of our leadership, and we strive for excellence in all we do and a healthy work/life balance.

Our school is the heart of its community; our vision of Talbot being a place ‘where children thrive and achieve’, is embedded in all that we do for our pupils and the wider community. We are a safe and happy school committed to ensuring that all our children have the best possible education during this vital time of their lives. We are a 3-form community primary school, which provides education for Reception children (Age 4) to Year 6 (Age 11), situated on the beautiful South Coast. We are located in an urban setting and set within extensive playing fields and grounds, including a beautiful indoor swimming pool, Forest School, and a large, productive garden, which is used to grow fruit, vegetables, and sensory planting.

Visits to the school prior to interview are strongly encouraged, please contact the school on 01202 513981 to arrange a school visit.

HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 37 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community-based partnerships, there are 34 primary academies, 2 secondary, and 1 hospital school.

‘All about the Child’

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.

‘What About Sam’

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

We Can Offer You

• excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes
• in-house Teaching School
• an individual induction programme supported by a mentor
• networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams, and IT staff
• eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
• free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment (where all conditions are met)
• opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy
• access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
• access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
• free confidential telephone and face-to-face counselling for staff and family members
• a supportive and approachable SLT and staff team

Application Procedure

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found at www.hamwic.org and return to Mrs H Triplow, HR Officer at school@talbot.poole.sch.uk

Safeguarding

All schools with the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

The Greenway Partnership

The Greenway Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust, we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education.

We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people.

We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff, and our middle and senior leaders.

Our staff have opportunities to work on cross-phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.

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