Receptionist
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £10,242.30 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Term-time only, includes holiday pay |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Location: | CM6 3LL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Felsted School |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Starting Salary £10,242.30 per annum
Fixed Term to 30 June 2026 | Part-Time | Term-Time
We have an opportunity for a suitably experienced Receptionist with proven administrative skills to join our friendly team.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
The post holder is the initial point of contact at the Senior School and provides a friendly and professional welcome to parents and visitors, dealing efficiently and promptly with all enquiries and providing administrative support.
The main duties of the role are to be ‘front of house’ to all those who visit or contact the Senior School, providing an excellent first impression for every visitor or enquiry. The role also involves liaising with different departments within the School, and liaising with parents on important matters. It is essential that the successful person has good communication and ICT skills, a positive ‘can do’ attitude towards providing excellent customer service and working with young people, and the ability to remain calm under pressure. It is vital that you are able to work both under your own initiative and as part of a team, and have excellent attention to detail.
Further information can be found in the job description.
This role is a fixed term position to 30 June 2026 working 20 hours per week during term-time (34 weeks per year). During term-time, the working pattern will be 1:00pm to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
Starting salary for this role will be £10,242.30 per annum which includes £1,103.10 holiday pay per annum.
Benefits include free life assurance, parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards
Closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 16 October 2025 at 9am.
Interviews will be shortly after the closing date.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. Please note, it is an offence to apply for this position if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Fixed Term to 30 June 2026 | Part-Time | Term-Time
We have an opportunity for a suitably experienced Receptionist with proven administrative skills to join our friendly team.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
The post holder is the initial point of contact at the Senior School and provides a friendly and professional welcome to parents and visitors, dealing efficiently and promptly with all enquiries and providing administrative support.
The main duties of the role are to be ‘front of house’ to all those who visit or contact the Senior School, providing an excellent first impression for every visitor or enquiry. The role also involves liaising with different departments within the School, and liaising with parents on important matters. It is essential that the successful person has good communication and ICT skills, a positive ‘can do’ attitude towards providing excellent customer service and working with young people, and the ability to remain calm under pressure. It is vital that you are able to work both under your own initiative and as part of a team, and have excellent attention to detail.
Further information can be found in the job description.
This role is a fixed term position to 30 June 2026 working 20 hours per week during term-time (34 weeks per year). During term-time, the working pattern will be 1:00pm to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
Starting salary for this role will be £10,242.30 per annum which includes £1,103.10 holiday pay per annum.
Benefits include free life assurance, parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards
Closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 16 October 2025 at 9am.
Interviews will be shortly after the closing date.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. Please note, it is an offence to apply for this position if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.