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Receptionist/Administrator (Primary)

Receptionist/Administrator (Primary) 7 hours per week, 38 weeks per year Friday 8.00am—3.30pm (with an unpaid lunchbreak of 30 minutes) SS (3—6) £3,936 — £4,125 Actual (£22,737 — £23,893 FTE) Closing Date: midday, Monday 24th August 2026 The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and ex pects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Duston School is looking to appoint an experienced Receptionist/Administrator to work in the Primary Phase. The successful applicant will be professional with a confident manner, friendly and have the ability to work well as part of a whole school reception team. Responsibilities will include answering the telephones, dealing with staff, student and parent queries, meeting and greeting all visitors and dealing with their queries and general admin duties. You should have a sound knowledge of Word, Outlook and a good level of IT literacy. An understanding of SIMS software would be desirable but not essential. Please refer to the job description for full details of the role.

Do you want to work in a hugely successful nationally hailed school? Do you want to work in a school that operates on common sense and places people at the centre of all that is does? In joining the Duston School you will be joining a school that is: • Built upon strong values and principles • Places people at the heart of all that it does and a strong positive approach to workload and wellbeing • Heavily over-subscribed • Nationally recognised, heralded and applauded • Served as a Behaviour Hub Lead School • The 27th most improved school nationally, with GCSE and A Level outcomes since 2019 have ensured the school is both locally, regionally and nationally high performing, placing the school in the top 20% of all schools nationally and A Level results in the top 5% of all schools • GCSE and A Level outcomes in 2024 were the best in the school’s history • A school of Character • An Investors in People Gold School and Wellbeing • An Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship School and National Champion School • A Global Equality Collective School • The home of ResearchED Northampton • A PKC Curriculum Hub • Ofsted graded as ‘strong’ in all areas • Has its own alternative provision; The Positive Impact Centre (PIC)

Applying: Please complete an application form (we do not accept a CV alone) along with a letter of application to the Principal. Please email the application form and letter to: jobs@thedustonschool.org If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and all appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS checks. In addition references will be requested for short listed applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process