The role
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly capable and hard-working individual to take on a key administrative role at one of Londons leading independent schools.
As Attendance and Front Office Administrator at South Hampstead High School, you will be responsible for overseeing the accurate collection, recording, and monitoring of attendance data, playing an important role in supporting discussions with parents about their daughters attendance and wellbeing. Your work will ensure that students are accounted for throughout the school day, contributing to the safe and efficient running of the school.
In addition to attendance duties, you will provide essential front office support, covering for the Receptionist during lunch and breaks, as well as in the mornings between 7:30am and 9:00/9:30am, on days of absence and during school holidays. This will include handling enquiries, managing mail and ensuring that agreed security procedures are followed for pupils, staff and visitors entering and leaving the school premises.
The successful candidate will be a personable individual with excellent communication skills and a professional telephone manner, who is able to interact confidently with all members of the school community. You will approach tasks systematically, with keen attention to detail and the ability remain calm under pressure, employing tact and diplomacy in sensitive situations. Strong ICT skills, including word processing and accurate data inputting, are also essential for this role.
About the School
Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Located in leafy Hampstead, with the buzz of central Londons cultural life close at hand, the school is very well served by public transport and there are excellent local amenities nearby.
The school is part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:
Competitive salaries and pay progression
Access to extensive professional development opportunities
Training grants for qualifications
Generous pension schemes
Free life assurance benefit
Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
A Cycle to Work scheme
Competitive terms and conditions of employment
A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date is Monday 2nd February 2026 at 9am.
The school may also conduct online searches (including publicly available social media searches) as part of our recruitment processes.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to interview before the published interview date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position or if an offer is made and accepted.
We recommend that applications are submitted early to avoid disappointment.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
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