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Salary FTE: Grade 3 (£25,584 to £25,989)
Actual salary: £22,005 to £22,354 (with under five years' service)
Contract term: 37 hours, 39 weeks, permanent
Start date: As soon as possible
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 31 August 2025
Mercia Learning Trust
Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.
Why do we exist?
1. To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.
How do we behave?
2. We are kind - showing care and supporting each other.
3. We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first.
4. We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses.
What do we do?
5. We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character.
How will we succeed?
6. A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control.
7. Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum.
8. Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success.
Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.
Woodlands Primary School
Woodlands Primary School is a 2-form entry primary and nursery for children aged 2-11 in a vibrant South Sheffield community. This popular and over-subscribed school has around 500 pupils. In February 2022, Ofsted graded our school as strongly Good.
The role
Woodlands Primary School is seeking a first-class receptionist for our school.
Our receptionist is responsible for providing exemplary customer service to pupils, parents/carers, visitors and wider stakeholders.
Our receptionist is the first member of staff to meet visitors to Woodlands Primary School, ensuring they are made to feel welcome. It is a busy environment where enquiries are dealt with from staff, pupils and visitors in person, on the telephone and email.
Other duties include but are not limited to:
9. processing external post
10. assisting with daily pupil registration
11. updating pupil records
12. ensuring all visitors are correctly signed in using our electronic system.
The candidate
We are looking for a well presented, professional, positive minded and hardworking individual. The ideal candidate will be flexible and able to work as part of a busy front of house team.
The role of Receptionist involves working using a number of computer packages. It would be advantageous if the candidate has experience using Excel, Word, Bromcom and Outlook.
A first-class telephone manner and customer service skills are essential.
We are a friendly team who work hard to ensure our pupils are at the centre of what we do. The ability to quickly establish good working relationships with pupils, staff, parents, visitors would be desirable.
Safeguarding Statement
Woodlands Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.