Receptionist - Full-time

Wrotham School, Sevenoaks

• Ref:KCC886-5409-484S
• Posted:27/03/2026
• Pay:Kent Scheme B (£21,356 actual salary)
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:20/04/2026 at 13:00
• Interviews:As Arranged

Advert

Job Advert: Receptionist

Location: Wrotham School

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: KSB- Actual Salary £21,356

Hours: 37 per week, Monday–Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm (3.30pm Friday)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Wrotham School is seeking a welcoming, professional, and highly organised individual to join our team as a full-time Receptionist. As the first point of contact for our school, you will play a key role in creating a positive impression for students, parents, visitors, and staff.

Main Responsibilities:

-Provide a friendly, professional, and efficient front-of-house service.
-Greet and assist visitors, ensuring safeguarding procedures are followed.
-Handle incoming calls, emails, and enquiries promptly and effectively.
-Support administrative tasks including data entry, filing, and correspondence.
-Assist staff and leadership with day-to-day office operations.

We are looking for someone who:

-Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
-Is approachable, confident, and able to manage busy situations calmly.
-Is highly organised with strong attention to detail.
-Is proficient with Microsoft Office and comfortable learning new systems.
-Demonstrates professionalism and discretion at all times

We can offer:

-A supportive and welcoming school community.
-A varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same.
-Opportunities for professional development and training.
-A positive working environment in which every staff member is valued

For further information and to apply, please complete the application form attached to this post.

Wrotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check

Information about the school

Wrotham School forms part of the Character Education Trust, a 2 Academy Trust that aims to provide students with high quality academic and ‘Character Education’.

Our vision is to support and encourage the students within our Trust to develop good character; to be confident and kind; to have integrity; to respect difference and to make a positive contribution to the community around them. A link to our website for more information can be found here https://www.charactereducationtrust.org/

The school has been recognised for its excellent work on Character Education by being awarded the prestigious School of Character Kitemark - a formal acknowledgement of the work the school has done to promote and develop good character in the school community.

We are a progressive and innovative school that provides a positive and productive place to work for teachers of all experience levels.

Why Work at Wrotham School?

-A trusting and caring workplace that looks after its staff. -A school that respects and values its staff team. -A high performing school that rewards good teaching. -Great students and families that give back in support and appreciation for good teaching.

An incredible provision of staff benefits from day one including:

• Flexible working arrangements that ensure every member of staff has an “offsite” flexible working period of 75 minutes+ at the start or end of at least 1 day per week. • Strict and well established out of hours communication restrictions that protect evenings, weekends and holiday periods. • Free lunch for all staff – every day. • No directed or preferred teaching style or method other than sharing and learning from good practice. • Access to short term/ emergency staff counselling by qualified psychotherapists – on site. • Free breakfast cereal for all staff and students – everyday. • Excellent transport links via motorway/ nearby train station. • Regular staff welfare surveys with clear outcomes and actions. • Bespoke and personalised CPD programme • An innovative “target free” teacher appraisal system that is exclusively based on continuous development of teaching and learning. • An excellent ECT and trainee programme of support and development. • Aspirant leadership courses (in house) and access to NPQ qualification at all levels. • A supportive behaviour and sanction system that relieves burden on teaching staff.
• A culture of trust of staff to manage working hours with no expectation to work on site when not required. • A regular and supportive check in and on boarding system.
• Access to excellent Teacher and LA pension schemes. • 3 days paid leave per rolling year for care of dependents. • Clear and transparent directed time

Wrotham is a small village in the heart of Kent, surrounded by a scenic rural landscape and beautiful countryside with excellent (5 minute) access from the A20/M20 and close proximity to the A2/M2/M25/M26. Journey by road from nearby Bromley/ Dartford/ Bexley/ Orpington varies from 15-30 minutes. The local mainline station is a 10 minute walk from the school and is on the direct commuter line to Victoria Station in central London; this line includes stops at Bromley South.

For further information visit our website www.wrothamschool.com

Job Contact Information

• Name:Ben Sanchez
• Address:Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
• Telephone: 01732 905860
• Email: BSanchez@wrotham.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Form