Receptionist and Office Assistant

Barton Park Primary School within The River Learning Trust, OX3 9WN

Grade 4 

Barton Park Primary School is seeking a warm and friendly receptionist/admin assistant to join our team and help develop excellence within our growing school. This role is suitable for candidates with some admin and/or receptionist experience. Training in our school IT systems will be given. 

Barton Park School is a vibrant and growing primary school located in the heart of the new Barton Park Housing Development on the outskirts of Oxford. Opened in September 2020, we are committed to providing a high-quality, engaging education for our children, fostering curiosity, resilience, and confidence. We are a community-focused school with strong values of respect, kindness, equality, independence, perseverance, and curiosity.

Candidates are welcome to visit the school to meet our staff and children.  Please email office@bartonparkprimary.org if you would like to arrange this.

What skills / experience are required?

• A willingness to be fully involved in the life of the school.

• Patience, and a sense of humour. 

• The ability to work as part of a team, with a happy disposition and a flexible approach.

• Excellent communication skills.

• A commitment to safeguarding children.

What we can offer

The successful candidate will be joining a school with:

• A diverse school community.

• Vibrant and curious children, who are eager to learn and love to please.

• A wonderful new-build school, which is well-resourced with space to spare.

• A supportive leadership team and governing body. 

• As part of the River Learning Trust, we can also offer you an excellent network of professional support and CPLD that will help you grow as a professional. 

• A commitment to wellbeing and workload. 

• Local Government Pension Scheme.

If you wish to find out more about our school or this role, you are invited to contact the Office Administrator or School Business Manager . Please do so via our office: office@bartonparkprimary.org / 01865 415 800

How to apply / closing date / where to find further details

NB. Online applications through MyNewTerm 

Closing Date for applications: Midnight, Thursday 3rd April 2025

Shortlisting: Friday 4th April 2025

Interviews: Week starting 7th April 2025

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

The River Learning Trust and Barton Park Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.