Receptionist

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.

The Receptionist is responsible for providing a professional and efficient Reception service for the academy and administrative support. Key duties include answering incoming communications, greeting and dealing with visitors, and ensuring all visitors are recorded, signed in, and issued lanyards for safeguarding compliance.

The role manages the opening, distribution, and franking of all posts and parcels. The Receptionist provides radio contact for the SLT team and assists with general administrative and typing duties to support the SLT or Principal's PA when requested.

Established experience in a reception or customer service environment is essential. You must demonstrate the ability to engage confidently and effectively with all stakeholders, including visitors, staff, students, and parents/carers, delivering a first-class reception experience.

Success in this role demands strong respect for confidentiality, excellent competency in standard ICT packages (proficiency in Microsoft Office is crucial), and the resilience to perform efficiently and effectively while expertly managing multiple, time-sensitive priorities.

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.

To view our Job Description, please click here.

To view our Person Specification, please click here.

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact the HR team via email: hr@grange.outwood.com

For more information and to apply online, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 8.00am on 19 June 2026.

Interview date: 26 June 2026.

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.

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.