Receptionist

Closing Date: 31st October 2025

Job Title: School Receptionist

Closing Date: 31st October 2025

Shortlisting: 3rd November 2025

Interview: 6th & 7th November

Start Date: January 2026

Salary £24,926 FTE per annum/pro rata (based on hrs/working weeks)

39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days) plus holiday entitlement. Total paid weeks of 45.450

Actual salary £13,213.02.

Hours: 22.5 hours per week - (Monday to Friday 8.30 – 13.00)

Location: Bosvena School

Contract type: Permanent

About Bosvena School

Bosvena is part of the Special Partnership Trust, an extraordinary education Trust who are redefining Special Educational Needs in the Southwest. Our mission is clear: to be a force for good in SEN and make a positive difference to people's lives. We challenge conventions, pioneer excellence, and work tirelessly to create better tomorrows for our young people and their families.

The Special Partnership Trust’s intent is to provide an outstanding special school for pupils with SEMH needs; a school which celebrates neurodiversity by accepting, respecting, recognising and responding to developmental differences and thereby shaping the pupil’s educational offer to inform and improve their outcomes.

Bosvena School is research focussed, innovative and aspirational in its practice where the development of pupils’ SEMH skills are at the centre of our work.

The school caters for 65 pupils who are aged 4 to 16 and serves the community of Cornwall.

Bosvena is close to Bodmin with easy access to the A30/A38.

Are you a passionate, knowledgeable and skilful teacher looking to inspire and support pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Heath (SEMH) needs and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Do you believe in creating a nurturing and structured environment where every child can thrive?

If so, we would love for you to join our team creating a new provision to transform the life opportunities of young people with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. This school will be the only SEMH school within Cornwall providing a continuum of specialist provision and will provide the support to enable pupils to learn, thrive and succeed in their education.

The Special Partnership Trust is a great place for a career in SEND.  You would be part of a supportive network of professionals, in a Trust who values its staff.  

Teachers’ pension

Competitive salary

Effective and supportive quality CPD

Staff wellbeing focus – including – staff health care scheme and competitive benefits.

The Trust is an equitable partnership of special schools and area resource bases across Cornwall and Devon. This role will be primarily working with learners across Cornwall.

Trust settings provide for over 800 pupils aged 2 to 19 with complex needs, a highly tailored education. We are committed to providing an outstanding standard of education through effective partnership working which informs our teaching and learning approaches. All our schools have Good and Outstanding Ofsted Inspection outcomes.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a friendly, professional, and highly organised Receptionist to be the first point of contact for our school community. The ideal candidate will have a warm and approachable manner, a proactive attitude, and the ability to manage a busy front desk with care and confidentiality.

Safeguarding:

The Special Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.

Key Responsibilities:

To allow access and greet visitors in line with the school procedure, including monitoring use of electronic signing in system for staff and visitors. Ensuring safeguarding is prioritised.

To assist in the organisation and arrangements for meetings, including circulating agendas and minutes, organising venues/refreshments as required

To provide general HR administrative support with personnel files, recruitment paperwork, and recording and booking of training courses if applicable

To support whole school events such as parents evening and public events

To provide administrative support for pupil trips and visits as required

To receive and prioritise incoming telephone calls/emails and deal with them appropriately including recording and distributing messages as required and booking appointments

To input new and updated information on the school’s computerised systems for pupil records as appropriate, ensuring all records are maintained and up to date

To maintain accurate school attendance records, processing data, transferring attendance registers onto Arbor and assisting in the production of termly attendance data reports specific to Headteacher requirements

To provide administrative support relating to school census returns as required

To produce data, reports and other information as required

To manage the receipt, recording and overseeing of school payments, including cash received, following the trust cash handling process. Paying in accurately and sending the relevant documentation to the trust finance team in a timely manner

To provide administrative support such as typing, photocopying, shredding, filing and archiving

To sort and distribute incoming post and prepare outgoing mail, record incoming goods and provide assistance with stock control and lost property

To ensure appropriate standards of tidiness and order in the school reception area so as to project a professional and welcoming environment for parents, pupils and visitors to the school

To link with external agencies/providers as required, ensuring professionalism is maintained

To manage the school diary

To run the school’s text communication service and relevant social media accounts

To oversee the stock taking and replenishment of consumables

To maintain a key role in the school’s fire evacuation and emergency communication procedures

To deal with all administrative aspects of the school meals process. Process school lunch orders, updating the associated systems accordingly and communicating menus to staff and parents. Chasing outstanding debts and alerting Headteacher of any significant/overdue debts as appropriate

To maintain and develop content for the school website ensuring all information is current and accurate

To produce the school newsletter as required

To support other administrative functions in the school during busy periods

Qualifications and Experience:

Attainment of 5 GCSE’s A-C (or equivalent) including English and Maths.

Experience of reception and clerical work

Experience of telephone network systems

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Able to multitask and work effectively with frequent interruptions

Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team

Knowledge and practical application of Microsoft packages

Demonstrates an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people

Our Total Reward Offer:

The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.

Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.

We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.

For further information, click here to visit the Special Partnership Trust website for our People Strategy and Benefits.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today.

Informal conversations are welcomed. If you would like to discuss the role in confidence please call Ella Knowles, on 01208 640108 or email enquiries@bosvena.org

Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust and an application pack. Completed applications should be returned to Ella Knowles at enquiries@bosvena.org no later than 31st October 2025.

In addition to your application form, please click on the following link to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form