Receptionist

Ark Greenwich

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work at one of the highest performing schools in the country (Evening Standard). If you want to work in a seriously ambitious, respectful, and high performing school, this is the job for you. 

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We are looking to recruit an experienced Receptionist to join us to play a pivotal role in a committed team, making a real impact on the outcomes of our scholars from day one.  If you are used to working in a busy, fast-paced, front of house, ideally with experience in an education setting, then this is the job for you. 

This is a front of house and administrative role, well suited to someone with a passion for customer service who can be the ‘face of the school’ whilst providing important administrative support. 

It is an exciting time to join Ark Greenwich Free School as we strive for excellence. Our recent success can be credited to our committed and dedicated staff and the high aspirations we promote throughout the school.

Ark Greenwich Free School (AGFS)

Ark Greenwich is a new, ambitious school model based on what we know excellent schools do. We have created a highly respectful and disciplined environment where our staff and scholars can fulfil their potential. Our aim is to consistently be one of the highest performing schools in the country.  Our 2020 Ofsted report said that ‘this school could now be judged as Outstanding’. 

Ark Greenwich exists to empower young people, regardless of socio-economic background, to grow and be successful.  Expectations for all members of our community are unashamedly sky high. We work tirelessly to impact the lives of the young people we serve.  

How is Ark Greenwich different?

• We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first-class CPD. 

• Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, lunch for early careers staff and have a 6pm/weekend work-related communication curfew to ensure our staff can maintain a work/life balance. We do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last-minute deadlines. Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. 

• This is a small school model (600 scholars aged 11-16) because we believe that our close-knit community provides the optimum conditions for success.   

• Behaviour for learning is exceptional so our teachers can focus their time on the things that matter – planning and delivering brilliant lessons for our scholars. 

• This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school.   

• Our curriculum is traditional and academic, and we do not take shortcuts to boost our position in school league tables – we do not, for example, offer equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts, 50% of our scholars study triple sciences and 95% are entered for the academically rigorous Ebacc set of qualifications. 

• We put high-quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing staff with weekly high-quality training. We run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach. 

• We don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans.

• Our scholars enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and we facilitate 12 drop-down days per academic year ensuring scholars benefit from a range of life-enriching experiences. 

Alignment with the school’s vision, values and approach to education is essential. 

About Ark Schools

Ark is a network of high-achieving, non-selective schools and one of the country’s top-performing academy groups. We run 38 academies in London, Birmingham, Hastings and Portsmouth educating more than 26,000 scholars. 83% of Ark schools are now rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted. 

Our aim is to create outstanding schools that give every scholar, regardless of their background, the opportunity to go to university or pursue the career of their choice.

To find out more about Ark Greenwich, please visit our website via www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org 

Ark Greenwich Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.