Receptionist
Outwood Grange Academy
Receptionist
Hours: 37 hours per week during term time plus five days.
Salary: £21,280\.34 to £21,614\.19\.
Start Date: September 2026\.
Do you pride yourself on providing a professional welcome and seamless front\-of\-house experience? Join us as a Receptionist, where your primary purpose is to deliver a professional and efficient Reception service for the academy. You will manage all incoming communications, greet visitors, and ensure strict safeguarding compliance by recording visitor sign\-in processes.
This is a permanent role. The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 07:45am until 03:45pm and Fridays 07:45am until 03:15pm.
Training and support will be provided.
Welcome from the Principal:
Thank you for your interest in Outwood Grange Academy.
I am so pleased you are looking at this fantastic opportunity to work at Outwood Grange Academy. Our larger\-than\-average 11\-19 academy is in the heart of Outwood, Wakefield, with easy access to major towns and cities via the motorway network.
As the Founding Academy of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, we embody the organisation's core ethos: making students our fundamental priority, raising standards, and transforming life chances.
I am truly proud of the work we do to ensure all aspects of education are of the highest possible quality. This is driven by our staff's unwavering dedication, their commitment to enabling every student to achieve their potential. We are passionate about the importance of CPD for our teachers as they are our greatest resource and are best placed to inspire students.
If this is a vision that resonates with you, I look forward to meeting you to discuss what you have to offer.
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If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Andrea Beckett (Principal's PA) at A.Beckett@grange.outwood.com.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).
What will we do for you?We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work\-life balance:
- Secure Pay \& Pension: Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Training \& Progression: Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
- Flexibility \& Leave: Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non\-term time staff. *(Holiday for part\-time staff is calculated on a pro\-rata basis)*
- Wellbeing \& Perks: Dedicated mental well\-being strategy, free on\-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
- *'Apply' to access the working links on the Outwood Careers page*
*Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.*
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