Administration Assistant/receptionist - Heritage House School
Location: Chesham
Overview
Due to the continuing expansion of Heritage House School, we are looking for an Administration Assistant/Receptionist to join our team. This is a very exciting opportunity for you if you are someone who wants to develop a new role and be part of our excellent team.
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 3 £28,129 - £30,174 pro-rata (Actual Salary: £22,573.52 - £24,214.63) based on existing skills and experience
Working Pattern: 39 weeks (term time only plus 5 INSET days)
Working Hours: 35 hours per week (8.30am to 4pm with a 30-minute unpaid break)
Contract Terms: Permanent
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay, Range 3
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 20/03/2026
Interviews to be held: From 11th March
About us
Heritage House School is a special school for learners aged 2-19 with severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum conditions, and sensory/multisensory impairments. Our aim is to enable children and young people to learn and achieve within an enriching, relevant, stimulating and enjoyable curriculum, ensuring they enjoy educational and social experiences which will prepare them for life beyond Heritage House school.
Website: https://www.heritage-house-school.co.uk/
About the role
You will be an initial point of contact for visitors and communications with the school and manage manual and computerised records and information systems in relation to the role, supporting with a variety of administrative functions of the school. This is a busy, varied and exciting role.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
We are looking for someone to join us who is flexible, remains calm under pressure, who is professional with excellent organisational skills.
Experience of working in a school office is desirable, but not essential.
You will have strong administration skills and experience.
You will be able to prioritise your workload effectively and work to deadlines.
It is essential that you have excellent word processing skills, and good knowledge of ICT systems. Multi-tasking and with a friendly and positive approach would be a key asset.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 771445
Email: [email protected]
Heritage House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, Teaching Regulation Agency, childcare disqualification, qualification and reference checks. As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
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.
