Receptionist (Secondary)

Salary: £21,327.86 – £21,663.32 actual salary (£24,795 - £25,185.00 FTE) per annum

Start date: As soon as possible

Application deadline: 10:00, Monday 2 November 2026

Interview date: Friday 6 November 2026

Make a real difference - join our friendly team at The King's School!

We're looking for a professional, welcoming and enthusiastic Receptionist to be the first point of contact for our school community. If you enjoy working with people, take pride in delivering excellent customer service and want to play an important role in supporting students, staff and visitors, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Provide a friendly, professional and efficient reception service to visitors, parents, staff and students.
• Support Student Services, Reprographics and school communications.
• Respond to enquiries in person, by telephone and via email.
• Carry out general administrative duties and basic data input as required.
• Help create a welcoming, organised and professional environment across the school.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has a friendly, professional and calm manner and communicates effectively with visitors, students and staff.
• Can work confidently both as part of a team and independently using their own initiative.
• Has experience working in a similar administrative or customer-facing role.
• Is organised, reliable and able to manage a varied workload in a busy environment.
• Has a genuine passion for supporting young people and helping students thrive and achieve their full potential.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, thrives in a busy environment and wants to make a meaningful contribution to the daily life of our school.

Contract details

• Permanent contract
• 36 hours per week
• Term time + 5 inset days (195 working days per year)

Ready to make a real difference?

Take the next step and apply now to join our committed team at The King’s School. Submit your application form through our .

About The King’s School

The King’s School is a warm, supportive and hardworking place to be, where students are respectful, friendly and a pleasure to work around. While we’re proud of our strong academic reputation, we’re just as proud of the positive, caring atmosphere that runs throughout the school.

Our staff describe The King’s School as a workplace where people look out for one another and where every role makes a real difference. Our recent staff survey reflects a strong sense of teamwork, trust and appreciation across the whole school community.

If you’re looking to join a friendly, supportive school community where every member of staff is valued, The King’s School is a fantastic place to work.

For more information, please visit our .

What we offer

Be part of a team that values your wellbeing, development and work–life balance. As a member of our school community, you’ll benefit from including:

• Generous Pension Scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Wellbeing package (flu jab, eyecare, physiotherapy and more)
• Family-friendly policies
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounts through Blue Light Card, gyms and major retailers

About Ark

There are 34,000 students learning in our network of 48 schools across Birmingham, Hastings, London, Pontefract and Portsmouth. We’ve always believed that, with the right approach, every child has the potential to succeed. We work in the communities where we can make the biggest difference to children’s lives, and all our schools are non-selective.

It works: our schools achieve great results – significantly outperforming national averages, especially when it comes to driving progress – the best measure for ‘closing the gap’.

We take what we learn in our schools to develop new solutions and approaches that we can share. Over the last two decades, we have developed and incubated more than 20 projects and programmes, supporting them to scale and achieve systemic impact on the life chances of all children. Over 300,000 children currently learn using an Ark curriculum and our Ark Start nurseries are demonstrating a new model for early years education that we hope will become the norm.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis, and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.

Further information

If you have any questions about this position or the application process, please do not hesitate to contact us on the below details

• 01977 601701

Pay: £21,327.86-£21,663.32 per year

Work Location: In person