About this role
Receptionist and Clerical Assistant - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 3 (£29,114 to £31,230 FTE) Actual Salary (£26,359 to £28,275)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 hrs per week, Monday-Thursday 07:45-16:15 and Friday 07:45-15:45 (42 weeks per year, including Inset and 3 additional weeks)
Closing date: 02/11/2026
Interviews to be held: Friday 6th November
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a School Receptionist to join our busy school office, who will be the first point of contact for visitors, parents and pupils. We are looking for an individual who is calm, resourceful and adaptable to change, to manage our main school reception.
The postholder duties will include greeting visitors to the school, answering telephone enquiries and providing general clerical support to the Senior Leadership Team and staff across the school. You should be able to communicate with confidence to a range of stakeholders and be able to organise your own workload.
You will need to be someone who:
- Interacts well with young people and a good team member
- Communicates clearly and has excellent organisational skills
- Personable and approachable
- Well presented
- SIMs database knowledge would be desirable
In return, we will offer you:
- Training relevant to the post
- A supportive and friendly working environment
- Professional development opportunities
About you
Please see attached Job description & Person specification for further information.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org.
Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
Salary
See advert for detail
Reference number
BUC15678
Contract type
Permanent
Working hours
Full Time
Level of DBS check required
Enhanced with Barred List
Date posted
18 Oct 2026, 11 p.m.
Application deadline
2 Nov 2026
Interview date
6 Nov 2026
Additional Information
Receptionist Job Description