Student Receptionist

General Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Act as the first point of contact for students providing a courteous, professional, calm and friendly service. 
• Greet all incoming students, parent/carers and visitors arriving at student reception. 
• Meet and greet all new admission students to Leeds City Academy. 
• Deal with student enquiries efficiently and in a pleasant and courteous manner. 
• Undertake student reception duties, answering routine telephone and face to face enquiries. 
• Manage the signing in and signing out of students, visitors and parent/carers in line with the safeguarding protocols & liaising with main reception as required to ensure protocols are followed. 
• Escort students to isolation as needed on arrival to school. 
• Administer first aid; act as first responder; look after sick and injured pupils, liaise with staff and parents. 
• Maintain appropriate records of first aid/accident incidents as required by the academy policy. 
• Conduct risk assessments for pupils returning to school with illness or injury e.g. crutches, slings, plaster. 
• Following current protocols administer medication to students who have a care plan in place or require medication during the school day. 
• Issue toilet passes as necessary and maintain a database of passes provided. 
• Maintain the room booking system for the pastoral meeting room. 
• Maintain the central student locker database and support students with enquiries relating to this. 
• Provide routine clerical support e.g. reprographics, filing, scanning, emailing, completing routine forms, word-processing and other IT based tasks as directed by the Inclusion Manager. 
• Support the Pastoral Team at the start of the school day in making telephone calls to parent/carers. 
• Maintain late desk in the event of Attendance Officer absence until cover is arranged. 
• Make first day absence calls in the event of Attendance Officer absence. 
• Be responsible for the effective administration of Free School Meal procedures liaising with Benefits Agency, parent/carers, academy chef and ICT team as required 
• Develop and maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems for Free School Meals, SIMS and Behaviour Watch (other systems may also be introduced) · Manage recycled and borrowed uniform.
• Produce AM & PM fire registers in the event of Attendance Officer absence. 
• Manage the detention system and be available to escort students to detention at the end of the day. 
• Use Behaviour Watch to record incidents and record contact with students and parent/carers. 
• Work with the Inclusion Manager to organise and coordinate all school immunisations 
• Support on-call rota.   

Leeds City Academy – Aspire Together - Achieve Together 

Leeds City Academy is an 11-16 school situated in the vibrant heart of Leeds. We are a smaller academy, enabling our staff to nurture the talent and realise the potential of each and every student. We provide an exceptional education and life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.   

The White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students. The Trust employs over 300 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation. Working in partnership with Gorse Academies Trust, we are on a significant journey which will see all of our schools Ofsted rated as outstanding within 3 years. 

We are sponsored by Leeds City College, who provides expertise, international networks and highly desirable employability prospects within education and beyond.   

Closing Date: 12noon, 31 January 2017 

Interviews to be held week commencing 6 February 2017 

Start Date:  ASAP   

To apply visit www.leedscityacademy.org.uk and download an application form. Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org