Administrator (with Primary responsibility for Reception

Administrator (with Primary responsibility for Reception)

Salary: £25,680 - £27,749 – Depending on experience (Actual Salary)

Position:
Permanent - Full Time - 37.25 hours per week:
Monday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday 07.45 – 16.00 Tuesday 07.45 – 17.00 (Hours non-negotiable) Term Time plus 5 INSET days plus 2 Week of School Holidays

Location:

Oxted, Surrey

Closing Date: 19/08/2026

Moor House School & College is an outstanding residential and day school for children and young people with significant speech, language and communication needs. Situated close to a mainline station with direct links to London, the school is located in a beautiful rural setting on the Kent and Surrey borders. Moor House provides a differentiated mainstream curriculum to students aged from 7 to 19.

We are seeking an Administrator to provide the school with a first point of contact for all visitors/callers, responding to enquiries where possible or referring to appropriate member of staff as required. Reporting to the Office Manager, you will provide administrative support, to enable a consistent and effective delivery of the administration service across Moor House.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Undertake all duties associated with the position of receptionist.
• Provide a professional, efficient and proactive reception support service for Moor House.
• Provide general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.
• Be proactive in supporting the smooth running of the Administration Office.

The ideal candidate will have experience as an administrator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. If you are enthusiastic, self‑motivated and pro‑active with the capacity to take the initiative when necessary, we would like to hear from you.

• An environment that fosters CPD and research opportunities
• Commitment to providing a work/lifework balance
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Restaurant quality, hot & cold food available
• Private medical benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

Moor House School & College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. All applicants will be screened, including checks with past employers and with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if suitable candidates are found.

Moor House School opened in June 1947 and was the first school of its kind. It was set up by Dr Worster-Drought, a neurologist and Mrs Hudson Smith, a speech therapist and Principal of the West End School for Speech Therapy, London.

Moor House School & College is a highly specialist educational placement which provides individualised, targeted, and specialist education to a specific population of children who have significant and pervasive language disorders and/or speech disorders with average learning potential. The school therefore meets the needs of a discrete pupil population and undertakes very careful and detailed assessment before offering any pupil a place.

At Moor House School and College, we take the safety and welfare of all our students very seriously. Find out more about our Team.

Specialising in supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (DLD) we offer a personalised, therapeutic and ambitious curriculum from Key stage 2 through to Post‑16. Every pupil follows an individualised pathway that builds confidence, communication, independence and achievement.