Job Title:                          School Receptionist

Closing Date:           31st October 2025

Shortlisting:              3rd November 2025

Interview:                 6th & 7^th November

Start Date:               January 2026

Salary                        £24,926 FTE per annum/pro rata (based on hrs/working weeks)

39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days) plus holiday entitlement. Total paid weeks of 45.450

Actual salary £13,213.02.

Hours:                       22.5 hours per week - (Monday to Friday 8.30 – 13.00)

Location:                   Bosvena School

Contract type:          Permanent

 

About Bosvena School

 

Bosvena is part of the Special Partnership Trust, an extraordinary education Trust who are redefining Special Educational Needs in the Southwest. Our mission is clear: to be a force for good in SEN and make a positive difference to people's lives. We challenge conventions, pioneer excellence, and work tirelessly to create better tomorrows for our young people and their families.

The Special Partnership Trust’s intent is to provide an outstanding special school for pupils with SEMH needs; a school which celebrates neurodiversity by accepting, respecting, recognising and responding to developmental differences and thereby shaping the pupil’s educational offer to inform and improve their outcomes.

Bosvena School is research focussed, innovative and aspirational in its practice where the development of pupils’ SEMH skills are at the centre of our work.

The school caters for 65 pupils who are aged 4 to 16 and serves the community of Cornwall.

Bosvena is close to Bodmin with easy access to the A30/A38.

 

Are you a passionate, knowledgeable and skilful teacher looking to inspire and support pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Heath (SEMH) needs and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?  Do you believe in creating a nurturing and structured environment where every child can thrive?

If so, we would love for you to join our team creating a new provision to transform the life opportunities of young people with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. This school will be the only SEMH school within Cornwall providing a continuum of specialist provision and will provide the support to enable pupils to learn, thrive and succeed in their education.

The Special Partnership Trust is a great place for a career in SEND.  You would be part of a supportive network of professionals, in a Trust who values its staff.  

• Teachers’ pension
• Competitive salary
• Effective and supportive quality CPD
• Staff wellbeing focus – including – staff health care scheme and competitive benefits.

 

The Trust is an equitable partnership of special schools and area resource bases across Cornwall and Devon. This role will be primarily working with learners across Cornwall.

Trust settings provide for over 800 pupils aged 2 to 19 with complex needs, a highly tailored education. We are committed to providing an outstanding standard of education through effective partnership working which informs our teaching and learning approaches. All our schools have Good and Outstanding Ofsted Inspection outcomes.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today.

 

Role Overview:

We are seeking a friendly, professional, and highly organised Receptionist to be the first point of contact for our school community. The ideal candidate will have a warm and approachable manner, a proactive attitude, and the ability to manage a busy front desk with care and confidentiality.