School Receptionist

Marchant Recruitment Scarborough, England Mar 24, 2026

Type Contract
Pay £23,000 – £25,500
Work Onsite
Contract Permanent

School Receptionist focuses on inquiry management: handling a wide variety of queries from parents and students, ranging from lost property to complex transport inquiries.

What the role involves

  • Inquiry Management: Handling a wide variety of queries from parents and students, ranging from lost property to complex transport inquiries.
  • Digital Communication: Assisting with parent notifications via text and email systems (e.g., ParentMail) to keep our community informed.
  • Safe Guarding Vigilance: Ensuring the reception area is secure at all times, monitoring the main gates and upholding all child protection policies.
  • Hospitality: Managing meeting room bookings for the Headteacher and arranging refreshments for visitors and governors' meetings.

Skills and requirements

  • Administrative, office, reception, data, systems, or coordination experience may be useful.

Confirmed role details

  • Scarborough (Accessible from Filey, Whitby, and Bridlington).
  • £23,000 – £25,500 (North Yorkshire County Council Scale).
  • Permanent, Term-time only.
  • 08:30 – 16:30 (Monday–Friday).

Candidate fit

  • This role is perfect for a professional who thrives on variety and wants to be at the center of a school’s daily success.

Additional role context

  • Write a short description of your company, a boilerplate of the business, service or product that you offer.
  • Your business idea and the target audience.
  • This text is primarily supposed to be descriptive, not selling.

Known job details

  • Pay: £23,000 – £25,500
Career guide

Learn more about this role

Explore the matching JobPedia guide for deeper duties, skills, salary context, and career paths.

JobPedia role guide

What does a Receptionist actually do?

Explore the real work behind the title, from day-to-day responsibilities to how the role works in practice for Receptionist.

Keep exploring similar roles

Search for more School Receptionist jobs from Marchant Recruitment in Scarborough, England.