We have an exciting opportunity for a friendly and customer focused receptionist to join our dedicated team at the Sport Centre.
The Role
Are you a friendly and professional individual who thrives in a customer-facing role? We’re looking for a Receptionist to be the welcoming face of our Sports Centre — someone who can create a positive first impression and deliver excellent service to all visitors.
In this key role, you’ll handle a wide range of enquiries efficiently and professionally, while actively promoting Centre memberships, activity schemes, and current offers to both new and existing customers.
You’ll be working in a supportive and positive environment where strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential. To succeed, you’ll need to be confident managing bookings, handling cash, and completing general administrative tasks with accuracy and attention to detail.
Hours – 40 hours per week
Salary – £25,396 per annum
Please note: Due to the nature of the Centre’s operations, all roles will involve a mix of morning, evening, and weekend shifts to ensure reception coverage during all opening hours.
For full details of the responsibilities and requirements for the role including the benefits on offer and an overview of the School, please see the Job Description available below.
The School and the Centre
Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools have long been associated with the very best of modern independent education, especially boarding. The Schools take seriously their responsibility to pupils so that they can emerge as decent, open-minded adults; ambitious about what they can go on to achieve and contribute. A team of around 800 staff, both academic and support, ensure an education of the highest standard is in place across the Schools with the efforts of the whole team focused on this fundamental aim.
As well as providing new and improved facilities for the School’s pupils, the new Sports Centre facility has been designed to allow increased access to local residents, sports clubs and Schools. After accommodating the educational and social demands of the pupils the School is eager to develop wider access to the Centre and encourages participation by local community in a range of Sports and Leisure activities organised and managed by the Centre’s staff.
Our State of the Art Sports Centre offers a wide range of classes, fitness facilities and activities on a commercial basis, as well as numerous courses, children’s holiday clubs and organised parties. Our facilities include a 50-metre swimming pool, an 8-court hall, a 70-station fitness suite, a dedicated dance studio and three further multipurpose studios.
To apply
If you are excited by this opportunity, please complete and return an application form and supplement to the application before the closing date. Please note we not able to accept CV submissions.
Application Closing date 29 September 2025
Interviews will be arranged for week commencing 6 October 2025
Supplement to the Application Form
Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are proud to be equal opportunity employers and we welcome applications from all. Both Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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The Corporation of Oundle School has an internal recruitment department, but where agency support is required, we will engage our trusted partners. Our adverts are intended to encourage direct interest from potential applicants, not recruitment agencies. Speculative CVs sent from sources other than directly from a candidate, will not be acknowledged or considered.
