NJC Support Staff Payscale Scale 3 - 4

Part Time, Permanent

As soon as possible

4 November 2024

The School
Kingsmead is a large, oversubscribed school that, despite serving a postcode in the top 20% most deprived parts of England:

• Has an ambitious curriculum 'grammar school for comprehensive intake' curriculum. We have an almost exclusively GCSE KS4 and A Level KS5, aiming for 90% EBacc while also having a performing a visual arts specialism and an exceptionally wide range of exam courses.
• Exceptional behaviour, with a consistent approach that combines explicit boundaries with the space to build relationships and support those children who need it.
• A thoughtfully constructed and powerful wider school experience for the children, with an ambitious combination of clubs, trips, careers guidance and wider enrichment.

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The role of the Receptionist is to the provide an outstanding and professional front of house service with a warm welcome and greeting to all students, staff, and visitors, ensuring due diligence to safeguarding and Health & Safety and in line with School’s protocol and to ensure the efficient running of the school reception.
This role will also involve providing a professional service to students and staff at the Student Reception office.
The postholder is also expected to support the areas of administration and maintain efficient administrative systems and processes to support the effective running of the school, including updating and maintaining relevant administrative tasks, ensuring effective and consistent guidance and information is delivered.
The core responsibilities include (but limited to):

• To receive and prioritise incoming telephone calls and visitor/student queries and deal with them appropriately and professionally including recording and distributing messages as required.
• To welcome visitors in a professional and hospitable manner, ensuring signing-in procedures are followed.
• To provide administrative and secretarial support in such areas as word processing, correspondence, reports and publications, updating and extracting computer information (Arbor), inputting data, photocopying and filing; as necessary.
• Registering students who arrive late to school.
• Liaise with the student reception volunteers to pass messages and information to other colleagues and students.
• To support the pastoral & behaviour team
• Assisting in the organisation of school events, including parents’ evenings – liaising with the Resources Supervisor and Heads of Year. Providing registers and ensuring student volunteers are in place.
• To work with other administration colleagues to ensure the school has up to date contact information for parents of every student.

The school reserves the right to close this advert if a suitable candidate is appointed before the closing date.

‘Practise to Perfect’

Kingsmead is a large, mixed, oversubscribed school – easily accessible from both central London and surrounds – with loyal staff, an established standing in the community and a very strong track record. We are consistently above average in Progress 8 and A Level value added, with high Ebacc entry and a wide range of options at KS4 and KS5. Those outcomes are built on a calm, purposeful and collaborative atmosphere.
Despite the school’s size and standing, the Headteacher was appointed relatively young after experience of leading for a high-performing academy chain and in one of the most successful London boroughs. He has restarted the school culture and approach over the last few years and is determined to push it forward from being in the top 20% nationally to being somewhere where things are achieved others do not think possible.
Ofsted
“Students, including those with special educational needs, make good progress and achieve well in their learning because effective action is taken to address any underachievement. Teaching is good. Lessons include a range of interesting activities, encouraging students to work both individually and in groups. Questioning and regular reviews of learning ensure that students make good progress. Students behave well, attend regularly and are ready and eager to learn.”