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Receptionist

Addington Special School

Wokingham

  • £6,937 - £7,047 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
£6,937 - £7,047 plus £417 SEN Allowance per annum
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
12 October 2025
Apply by:
25 September 2025

Job overview

Salary Range: £6,937 - £7,047 plus £417 SEN Allowance per annum













Hours: 12 hours per week
Monday to Thursday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Job Share, Term Time Only, 38 weeks plus additional hours on INSET days as needed or to support staff admin absences

We are currently seeking a Receptionist who will be based at our main school site located in Woodley on a job share basis.

This is a challenging and varied role for an exceptional receptionist to manage the smooth running of the reception desk and provide quality administrative support as part of our supportive and friendly team. The successful candidate will be able to adapt to the many demands of the role and this will include, but is not limited to;
  •  Working on the school reception, meeting and greeting visitors, answering the phone and adhering to the school’s safeguarding policy
  • Preparing stationery orders and ensuring supplies are in stock including photocopy paper
  • Planning and managing school photographs for pupils
  • Maintaining the school mini bus diary, holding/issuing keys and maintaining a log for signing in/out of contractor swipe cards
  • Various administrative tasks to support the wider admin team and leadership including some secretarial support, typing of notices, letters etc., daily chasing of classes to remind them to complete outstanding tasks or to gather information
  • Opening and sorting incoming mail and preparing (stamp, weigh) outgoing mail
  • Point of contact for fire evacuations and point of contact for the alarm monitoring station.
The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills with a positive attitude and commitment to promoting the ethos and values of the school.

Proficient in the use of IT (Microsoft Office, Email etc), you will have the ability to work with all levels of staff and will remain calm under pressure. You will have a flexible and adaptable approach and will be willing to support, on occasions, to cover absence within the admin team in Woodley and at our other school site located in Farley Hill.

You will have previous experience of reception/office administration and will have excellent organisational skills with the ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.

For full details about this role and to apply, please visit our website https://www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk. Please note we are unable to accept CVs.

Please contact Amanda Cherry, HR Manager on 0118 966 9073 if you wish to discuss this position further.

Closing date:  28th September 2025

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.  Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Addington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening and safer recruitment checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must have a right to work in the UK.









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About Addington Special School

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  • Addington Special School
  • Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading
  • Berkshire
  • RG5 3EU
  • United Kingdom

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Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.​

All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan and we are currently accommodating up to 310 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites. ​

Based in Woodley and Farley Hill, we are part of a newly formed multi-academy trust with deep community roots across the Berkshire area, composed of a family of SEN schools all specialising in learning difficulties.  We are very fortunate to have 2 purpose built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre.

We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework. ​

We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music a particular focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.​

We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.​

We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all our staff.

Our Aims

  • To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
  • To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
  • To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
  • To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
  • To create a challenging forward thinking culture.

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