Business Support Assistant - Reception
CAPTION: Job details
* Posting date: 28 August 2025
* Hours: Full time
* Closing date: 10 September 2025
* Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 3JZ
* Company: Teaching Vacancies
* Job type: Permanent
* Job reference: 0642bb1e-5588-4e13-8b02-f72ccbc03e2e
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we're looking for
We're looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school's business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
* 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths.
* Experience of working in an administrative setting.
* Ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Explorer and databases.
* Ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.
* Ability to address sensitive matters with a caring manner and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
What the school offers its staff
Highfield Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Blackpool. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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We're looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school's business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people. The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community. You will have:
* 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths.
* Experience of working in an administrative setting.
* Ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Explorer and databases.
* Ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.
* Ability to address sensitive matters with a caring manner and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Highfield Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Blackpool. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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