Receptionist & Administrator

What skills and experience we're looking for

Unique opportunity to join a new school in North London

• Are you passionate that all children get the best start in life?
• Do you want to play a key role in the development of an exciting and innovative school?
• Do you want to move your career forward in an environment that nurtures talent and has scope for career progression?

One Degree Academy has been given a rare opportunity to raise standards of education in North London. Our school is consistently in the top 2% of over 16,300 primary schools nationally.

We know that success and habits of excellence are achieved through perseverance and incremental improvement - ‘one degree’ at a time. This idea is at the heart of our school. Whether you are experienced working in schools or someone seeking to enter this profession, you will play a key part in the academy’s development. As with our students, we want to grow and develop our team, ‘step- by-step’: all staff receive professional development in line with their role, with potential opportunities to progress as the school grows.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Receptionist and Administrator to help shape the future of our school. We are looking for someone with a positive and professional attitude, who will thrive serving the needs of our school community. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to help grow One Degree Academy and to be part of something profound and special.

Successful candidates will have an opportunity to

• Have an unfaltering commitment to serving the Academy, its students and staff
• Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development
• Be committed to the One Degree Academy vision and values

In this role, you will have the opportunity to

• Join an engaged team and organisation utterly committed to developing its staff through incremental improvement, step-by-step
• Play a key role developing our school, with the potential to progress as we grow
• To be part of something profound and special

Successful candidates will

• Have an unfaltering belief in the ability of all children to achieve through great teaching and a culture of high expectations
• Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development
• Have the skills and dedication to have a positive impact on the lives of our students and on the school community

Your Role

• To provide a high level of service to visitors, staff, parents and students
• To maintain effective systems and processes in the administration of the academy

Key Responsibilities

Reception

• Receive visitors/callers to the academy in a friendly, professional and welcoming manner
• Provide high-quality customer care and assistance and show sensitivity when required
• Deal effectively and efficiently with telephone enquiries, routing calls and taking messages in accordance with academy procedures
• Ensure security, safeguarding and health & safety requirements are followed and the Reception area is welcoming, tidy and safe
• Support with emergency evacuation procedures by ensuring that all visitors and staff are accounted for
• Carry out First Aid duties and undertake training as required
• Maintain and update paper and electronic records, with an appropriate level of discretion
• Provide effective communication with all stakeholders

Administrative

• Follow standard operating procedures to ensure the smooth running of academy administration processes
• Maintain academy filing systems and databases, and assist with creating new student files and archiving activities
• Administration of the academy sign-in system, ensuring this is used consistently by staff and visitors
• Support with meeting arrangements and oversee use of the meeting rooms and other specialist rooms, arranging facilities and refreshments, greeting and escorting visitors and liaising with staff and external agencies as required
• Provide full clerical and administrative support to senior and middle leaders as required
• Support with producing and maintaining high-quality displays of work and signage in the academy buildings
• Work cooperatively and support the academy’s self improvement procedures, and commit to your own continued professional development
• Undertake such training as is necessary to operate the academy systems effectively and ensure that academy procedures are adhered to
• Undertake any other duties within the scope and purpose of this post as directed by the line manager

Other

• Undertake other various responsibilities as as directed by the Principal
• Support the academy’s values and ethos

This list is considered to provide an outline of the areas that this role involves. This list does not preclude the post-holder developing systems and structures not specifically mentioned but related to his/her broad areas of responsibility. The roles outlined above are indicative and do not preclude anything else which may be reasonably requested commensurate with the post held and duties undertaken.

What the school offers its staff

ODA Perks

Wellbeing

• Clear whole-school behaviour systems that are implemented by all
• Large teaching team to support the learning and behaviour of students more effectively
• Recognition - we take the time to give shout-outs and say thank you to colleagues
• Additional days of holiday to say thank you for volunteering to support students during events that are outside the usual school day; e.g. residential trips, attending student performances, etc.
• No late-night parents evenings - we hold them during dedicated progress review days
• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebrate staff wellbeing
• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy an afternoon off when needed
• A two-week winter half term to enable staff to take holidays outside of normal time and rest and recharge from those longer, darker evenings
• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee
• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme
• Free flu jab
• Free eye test
• Leadership planning time to drive forward whole-school initiatives

Staff Development

• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staff and set up effectively for the year ahead
• Weekly CPD & Coaching
• Supportive Line Management Structure
• Collaborative planning time
• 14 whole school staff INSET days dedicated to incremental improvement, planning and data analysis
• Free admission to Research ED
• External coaching for Senior Leaders

Staff of ODA Children

• Free breakfast club
• Free after school wrap-around care
• 1x free after school club

Other

• Laptop/devices are lent to all staff who require them
• 10% off Pure Gym Membership
• 10% off car service and MOT at local garage
• Length of service rewards

Further details about the role

To apply

• Download an application pack from onedegreeacademy.org/vacancies
• Completed applications should be e-mailed to: HR@onedegreeacademy.org

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Closing date

31st May 2026, 11:59pm.

Anticipated interview date

8th June, 2026

• Early applications and school visits are encouraged – we will process all applications on a rolling basis.

To arrange a visit or if you have any questions, please email: HR@onedegreeacademy.org

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 guidance for keeping children safe in education. 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.