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Elizabeth Woodville School is part of the Tove Learning Trust a highly successful, growing multi-academy trust. We are a thriving, aspirational, and inclusive 11-18 comprehensive community school with approximately 1100 students. Our school is located on two sites: Roade in Northamptonshire and Deanshanger on the outskirts of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. We are one school with both sites operating independently with a Head of School on each site, under the leadership of the Director of Secondary Education.
We offer a fantastic environment to work in, where everyone collaborates daily to achieve their best selves, strive for excellence, and change the lives of children and young people. You will benefit from enthusiastic, energetic, committed, and supportive staff.
Being part of the Tove Learning Trust, you will also have support from the trust's family of schools and a network of specialist school improvement directors. We actively promote support, well-being, and ongoing professional development for all employees and collaborate with all of our schools to provide excellent ongoing professional development and learning. Tove Learning Trust is part of the SWAN training school alliance providing access to CPD and further qualifications.
Be a part of our journey and build on the recent success of becoming the preferred school in our local communities.
You can find our latest vacancies here
Receptionist – Part time position (2 days/week)
Receptionist – Part time position (2 days/week)
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Responsible to: Heads PA
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Based at: Elizabeth Woodville School, (Deanshanger Village)
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Hours: 15 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 2 training days) 8am – 4pm Thursdays and Fridays (with 30 minutes unpaid daily lunch break)
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Grade: NJC/TLT Grade E, points 4 to 5
Job Context
To be the first point of contact on the telephone and face to face. You will be friendly, welcoming, confident and professional. You will be responsible for answering the telephones, dealing with staff, student and parent queries and greeting and signing in all visitors. Supporting colleagues with general admin duties, and a willingness to assist with any tasks that present themselves on an ad-hoc basis, You will have a good understanding of Word, Excel, Google Drive.
Key Responsibilities
Reception duties
- To act as the first point of contact for all visitors to the school
- To greet and register all visitors to the school
- To deal with enquiries from staff and pupils
- To receive and filter all incoming calls in an efficient, professional and courteous manner • To ensure all messages taken are delivered in a prompt and confidential manner
- Log information on calls received, where required and maintain detailed and accurate records • To receive items and messages for pupils and staff
- To maintain the upkeep and appearance of the whole reception area
- To make room bookings for staff
- To deliver messages and items around the school as required
- To oversee the delivery, collection, franking and despatch of outgoing mail
Administrative duties
- To provide support to Student Services
- Liaise with SLT to Check ID and vetting information for supply staff
- To maintain list of supply staff and regular visitors/contractors
- To input student data onto SIMS
- To liaise with supply teacher, providing packs when required
General
- To observe the school policies, procedures and working practices
- General office assistance as required
- To undertake and other duties which are reasonable within the scope and grade of the post ● To comply with any other reasonable requests from the Headteacher when there are exceptional circumstances
- To undertake such duties as may from time to time be reasonably assigned by the Headteacher ● Additional duties as required
Part Time Receptionist – Updated July 2026
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Good Team-worker |
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Good ICT skills |
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Work in accordance with the Trust’s values and behaviours |
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Sound judgement and decision maker – confident in using own initiative |
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A commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people |
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Tove Learning Trust expects its employees to work flexibly within the framework of the job description. This means the post holder may be expected to carry out work that is not specified in the job description but which is within the remit of the role, duties and responsibilities.
Tove Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff & visitors to share this commitment.
IT Services Manager - EWS Deanshanger
IT Services Manager -EWS Deanshanger
IT Services Manager
37 hrs a week, 52 weeks a year
Grade I, points 22 to 26 £33,699 to £37,280 per annum
We require a talented and committed IT Services Manager to join our vibrant and exciting school. You will strategically manage the development and maintenance of our IT systems and infrastructure, and provide an exceptional level of support.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust and become a key part of the IT team. We are currently delivering a newly developed IT strategy focused on building a cohesive, Trust-wide network and migrating all individual cloud systems into a single, unified platform.This transformation will break down barriers, enable greater collaboration across our 16 schools, and ultimately improve outcomes for all our pupils and staff.
For the right candidate, this role offers excellent long-term career prospects. As our centralized infrastructure evolves, there will be tangible opportunities to grow within the position —both within your school and across the wider Trust.
You will have:
● experience of managing support teams
● experience of working with clients and network infrastructure/systems
● problem solving and project management experience
● excellent communication skills, including negotiation and team working skills
● to meet the person specification and will be required to apply for a DBS disclosure
In turn, we can offer you:
● A Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme
● Training and development opportunities
● Generous pension package through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
● A trust and school culture of belonging, development and cultivating excellence through the GROW programme
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. As travel is required between sites, you must have access to a reliable means of transport in order to carry out your duties.
Tove Learning Trust is a fast moving and exciting place to work. The trust schools have a shared vision and purpose: to deliver outstanding educational experiences that lead to inspiring outcomes. Each academy has a strong individual identity and tailors their educational provision to serve their local community. Academies within the trust collaborate to share expertise and maximise opportunities and experiences for our students.
EWS is a high-achieving comprehensive school serving local villages and the fringe of Milton Keynes. We believe that all staff and pupils should be treated with respect and have built a culture based on respect for each other, resilience to meet new challenges and take responsibility for our actions and our learning.
The Trustees of Tove Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children,
young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
How to apply
All documents including the full job description, person specification and application form are available on our website http://ewsacademy.org.uk. Please ensure your application form and covering letter includes examples of your experience and how you meet the criteria outlined in the job description and person specification. Further information requests or completed applications should be sent to Kate Hammell, HR School Business Manager, Email kate.hammell@ewsacademy.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm 10 July 2026.
General documents for applicants
Application form for support staff roles
Application form for teaching staff roles
Disclosure of Criminal Conviction Form
Recruitment and Selection Policy
Tove Learning Trust vacancies
Come and join the Tove Learning Trust family and become part of our exciting journey. We are a highly successful, and growing, multi-academy trust with three primary and ten secondary schools. Our schools are based in the Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, and West Midlands area and work as one entity to improve and maintain a high standard across the trust. If you want to know more about what it's like working at Tove Learning Trust then head to our Recruitment page.
