Receptionist

Salary: £27,115 - £28,923 (£30,000 - £32,000 FTE)

Contract: Maternity cover

Hours: Full time

Required from: February 2026 or as soon as possible

South Hampstead High School, the 2022 Independent Girls’ School of the Year, is seeking to appoint an organised Receptionist to assist with the smooth running of our Senior School Reception to cover a period of maternity leave.

As Receptionist, you will provide an excellent first point of contact for parents, visitors and staff, dealing with telephone, e-mail and personal enquiries in a polite and professional manner.

You will also assist with the maintenance of the attendance/absence registers and provide a general administrative service to support the smooth running of the school including drafting correspondence and reports, data inputting and filing, maintaining records and sorting and distributing incoming mail.

This is a very customer focused role and as such requires excellent verbal and strong organisational skills. Excellent ICT skills, including word-processing and data inputting and high levels of attention to detail are also essential.

About the School

Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Located in leafy Hampstead, with the buzz of central London’s cultural life close at hand, the school is very well served by public transport and there are excellent local amenities nearby.

The school is part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression

• Access to extensive professional development opportunities

• Training grants for qualifications

• Generous pension schemes

• Free life assurance benefit

• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans

• A Cycle to Work scheme

• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date is Monday 2nd February 2026 at 9am.

The school may also conduct online searches (including publicly available social media searches) as part of our recruitment processes.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to interview before the published interview date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position or if an offer is made and accepted.

We recommend that applications are submitted early to avoid disappointment.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.