Description Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4JX £17,216 per annum (£24,404 pro rata) 30 hours per week, 39.8 weeks per year Permanent Reference: 6663 Required as soon as possible Monday and Tuesday: 8.15 am - 4.30 pm and Wednesday and Friday: 8.15 am - 4pm. We are looking to recruit an experienced Receptionist to provide a friendly and efficient reception service for the school, acting as first point of contact for visitors, parents, staff and students. Ensuring all enquiries are dealt with effectively and in a timely manner to facilitate the smooth running of the school. Previous reception experience, first aider provision and experience of working with young people is advantageous. It is essential that the successful candidate will be a team-player, have a calm and organised personality, a flexible approach and have the ability to cope with a wide range of tasks. Farlingaye High School is a popular and successful school, located in Woodbridge, a pleasant market town situated on the River Deben in Suffolk and just 7 miles from Ipswich. We are a creative school with excellent resources, lovely students and great results. Our most recent Ofsted report graded us Good with Outstanding areas. We are part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School and Castle East School. The trust have also recently welcomed Aldeburgh, Easton, Leiston, Saxmundham and Wickham Market Primary Schools. We are a Teaching School Hub partner, which allows us to improve teaching and learning on a continuous basis. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff. We are also extremely pleased to have launched our own teacher training provider: EAST SCITT. This allows us to award QTS and also QTS PGCE Programmes within both Primary and Secondary schools. Farlingaye High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. To find out more Should you wish to discuss the job role in further detail, please contact Lauren Teeling, Headteacher’s PA or Linda Marsh, HR Manager at the school or via email on: lteelingfarlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk or hrfarlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk For full details on the role, please review the job information book which can be downloaded below: Receptionist Job Book (pdf) How to apply Apply here: https://www.farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk/Vacancies-Staff/ Please note: only applications submitted via the school’s on-line recruitment process will be considered Closing date: 9am, 4 December 2024. Interview date: 11 December 2024.