Key Role Information

Salary
£11,195.78
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
09/07/2026 12:00
Interview
17 July 2026
Start
1 September 2026
Contract term
TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks
Pay grade
TPAT Point 5
Department
Administration
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
20.00
Weeks per year
39.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Are you a welcoming, organised, and proactive professional looking to make a meaningful impact in an educational environment? Truro and Penwith Academy Trust alongside Newlyn Primary School is seeking a Receptionist Administrator to join our team. As the literal face and voice of our school, you will act as the first point of contact for all visitors, parents, and callers, ensuring a warm, professional, and secure welcome.
This dynamic role beautifully balances front-of-house reception excellence with vital behind-the-scenes administrative support.
Key Responsibilities:
First Impressions & Reception: Welcome parents, carers, and visitors with the utmost professionalism; manage incoming phone calls and school emails; and maintain a safe, secure, and tidy reception area in line with safeguarding procedures.
Administrative Support: Produce high-quality digital and print correspondence, manage student records (using systems like Arbor), and coordinate school communication, newsletters, and digital files.
Admissions & Transitions: Assist with the administration of student intake and departures, ensuring accurate record-keeping and data protection compliance.
School Life Support: Help coordinate school events, transition days, room bookings, and diary management, while ensuring consistent school branding across all materials.
Community & Culture: Promote the school’s ethos, cultivate nurturing relationships with students, staff, and families, and assist with basic first aid (training provided) when required.
About You:
We are looking for a calm, empathetic, and highly organised individual who thrives in a bustling environment and loves interacting with people. You will lead by example with integrity, resilience, and a positive, solution-focused attitude.
Our Ideal Candidate Has:
Education: A GCSE or equivalent (Level 2) qualification in English and Maths. An NVQ in Business Administration or level 3 IT/typing certificates are highly desirable.
Experience: Proven experience working in an office, reception, or clerical environment. Experience working within a school setting or using the Arbor database is a major plus.
Technical Skills: Strong IT literacy, including practical knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and excellent typing skills.
Communication & People Skills: Exceptional spoken and written communication skills. You must be a good listener who can handle challenging or stressful situations with kindness, patience, and absolute confidentiality.
Work Ethic: A methodical approach to managing your workload, strong attention to detail, and the flexibility to work both independently and as a trusted team player.
Safeguarding Commitment: A profound awareness of, and commitment to, equal opportunities and the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.
Benefits of Working with Us:
As a leading Academy Trust, we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development opportunities alongside family friendly policies and access to the Local Government/Teachers Pension Schemes. More on our benefits can be found here.
How to Apply and Further Info:
To be considered for this role, please click the “Apply” button above to submit your online application.
The closing date and time for receiving applications is 9th July 2026 11.59pm
If you wish to discuss this position ahead of applying, please contact Headteacher, Lauren Connolly on 01736 363509
Interviews to be held on 17th July 2026
If you encounter any issues with the online application, please contact the Talent Team for assistance at Talent@tpacademytrust.org.
TPAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application as part of their pre-employment administration. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Other pre-employment checks will include receipt of two satisfactory references, evidence of right to work in the UK, proof of any relevant qualifications and completion of a health assessment questionnaire.

Newlyn School

Lauren Connolly

recruitment@tpacademytrust.org

Carne Road
Newlyn
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 5QA

Safeguarding Information

Candidates are advised that Truro and Penwith Academy Trust operate safer recruitment procedures based on the requirements outlined in: Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025

Statutory guidance from the DfE on Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006

Our recruitment process requires checks including identity, right to work, and an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check for all staff and volunteers. Checks for other roles may include overseas checks for those who have lived abroad, prohibition from teaching checks, and childcare disqualification checks, these will be undertaken for all appropriate roles. This ensures that:

Statutory checks on staff who work with children are complied with in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for Regulated Activity and are completed prior to starting within the Trust. Please also note: At least one member of the recruitment panel will have successfully completed safer recruitment training through an accredited training provider

Online searchers will be undertaken as part of pre-recruitment checks

Pre-appointment vetting checks

Where appropriate, details of checks will be held in individuals’ personnel files. We follow requirements and best practice in retaining copies of and the retention of these checks, and they will be recorded within the single central record for the successful candidate, and in line with our data retention policy for all other candidates. All relevant staff (involved in early years’ settings and/or before or after-school care for children under eight) are made aware of the disqualification from childcare guidance and their obligations to disclose to us relevant information that could lead to disqualification. 

TPAT complies with the requirements of KCSIE 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2