Receptionist - Fixed Term

King Ethelbert School, Birchington

• Ref:KCC886-4120-286S
• Posted:10/07/2025
• Pay:KES/DC Grade 4 Point 11
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:18/07/2025 at 15:00
• Interviews:TBA

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RECEPTIONIST

(Fixed Term - September 2025 - Easter 2026)

Salary: Grade 4 (£23,846) pro rata per annum

Term Time Only

Sept to End of Dec: 08.30 am - 1.30 pm (Actual £13,981 per annum)

Jan 26 to End of Mar 26: 08.30 am - 4.30 pm (Actual £19,574 per annum)

We are looking for an enthusiastic receptionist/admin assistant to join our fantastic school team to cover on a short term basis. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a genuine desire to work in a busy environment within a small yet friendly and hardworking team. You will be the first line of contact for parents and visitors, calling in at the school as well as main contact for staff during school hours. It is essential that you have a professional, courteous and respectful style of communication at all times, as well as an understanding of the importance of 'Child Protection and Safeguarding' issues when working on a school reception. In addition to general reception duties, you will assist with a variety of administrative tasks to support the wider staff team.

King Ethelbert School is rated "Good" by Ofsted and is very popular, being oversubscribed for several consecutive years. We are part of the Coastal Academies Trust which is made up of a grammar school, three Thanet high schools and two primary schools. All of these schools operate independently and have unique characteristics but good practice is shared helping to drive forward standards at every level: our mission is to make Thanet the centre for excellent education. In the sixth form we offer the exciting International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (CP) which has brought the school international recognition.

King Ethelbert School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This position is, therefore, subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service application.

Should you require any additional information please contact Laura Pease, PA to the Headteacher,

via personnel@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk, or on 01843 831999.

More information about our school can be found by visiting www.kingethelbert.com.

Please apply as soon as possible but not later than 9am on Friday 18th July 2025

We are keen to appoint so we may progress with interviews prior to this date to secure the right person for this post.

King Ethelbert School

Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent CT7 9BL

01843 831999

mail@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk

Information about the school

King Ethelbert is a mixed non-selective school of approximately 900 students. In the context of Thanet (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate), it is one of the most popular non-selective schools each year filled with first-choice students and long waiting lists for each year group. We have a wide range of abilities studying with us including some students who have passed the Kent Test but want to be at their local school where they can be equally successful; such is our reputation. We were last visited by Ofsted in June 2024 and were again rated Good with the school receiving some extremely positive feedback. Particular strengths identified by Ofsted were; the positive relationships between staff and students, the school’s high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and the broad and ambitious curriculum delivered to all pupils.

The school’s outcomes compare favourably with other non-selective schools in Kent on a yearly basis. We are also, however, determined to ensure that we do not compromise the curriculum or the breadth of educational experience that we offer, in order to achieve a positive Progress 8 score. Our students are given as many opportunities as possible and we are a lead school in the country with the Royal Shakespeare Company and also the Turner Contemporary. We believe in preparing young people for their next steps in education or employment through mastering and developing a broad range of employability skills and learning behaviours. These are practised and embedded across the school in a number of ways both through and beyond the curriculum. Our aim is for all KES students to be ambitious for the future, globally diverse and inquisitive learners.

King Ethelbert was one of the first schools in the country to offer the International Baccalaureate Careers-Related Programme in the sixth form because it is the best post-16 educational offer in the world. We are a lead school for the IBCP and support many other schools in Kent, as well as welcome visitors from across the world to see what the IBCP does for our students and how we can share good practice internationally as well as locally.

The commitment to work together lies at the heart of Coastal Academies Trust. The trust began as a federation between King Ethelbert and Dane Court Grammar School in 2009 and these two schools still share a governing body. Over the last few years we have been joined by Cliftonville Primary School, an outstanding school, Hartsdown Academy, Royal Harbour Academy and Newington Primary School As a trust our commitment to all schools is non-negotiable. All students who attend any one of our schools are valued and important and we have a collective responsibility to all. We are committed to making Thanet the centre of excellence for education. The trust is fully invested in the continuous professional development of all its staff. We deliver bespoke leadership training to complement the new, revised NPQ programmes and give hands-on, practical experience and training to our aspiring and existing leaders at all levels.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Laura Pease
• Address:Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL
• Telephone: (01843) 831999
• Email: laurapease@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01843) 831015

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