Assistant Exams Officer
The Leigh Academy
Dartford
- Expired
- Salary:
- D11 £17,410 fte, Actual Salary £8,561 per annum (0.492fte)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2018
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2018
Job overview
About the role: The Leigh Academy have a fantastic opportunity and are seeking to appoint a Assistant Exams Officer to join and lead team. Reporting directly to the Exams Officer, this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a supportive team and work in an Academy-wide position. Assisting the Exams Officer in the preparation and conducting of internal and external examinations at The Leigh Academy, including candidates wishing to re-sit a paper and private candidates who wish to sit exams at The Leigh. The working basis of this role is 20 hours per week (Part-Time) during Term Time, plus four additional weeks during inset/school holiday periods.
Our successful applicant will join a professional and supportive team, be based in a state of the art working environment and receive a genuine opportunity to develop. As a Trust, we feel it is important to hire for the right attitude which is why we look for support assistants that are enthusiastic, focused and resilient to the day to day pressures of this role.
Working for The Leigh Academy: The Leigh Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. The Academy is divided into four Colleges: Brunel, Chaucer, Darwin and Da Vinci - each has their own personality and range of specialisms, allowing them to be unique. Overall, the academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic Leadership Team are committed to making it a great place to work for staff at all stages in their careers. Our award winning building and facilities are modern, light and airy and the open learning plazas and classrooms built around a day-lit wintergarden give the academy a unique and special character.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: Being part of a successful multi-academy trust allows the academy to share best practice and collaborate with colleagues from a number of other schools in the local area. As part of the 'cluster' structure all of our academies are grouped together in key geographical area to enable them to be able to support each other and share resources. It also offers staff better access to career opportunities as the Trust is committed to developing and promoting from within wherever possible. For more information on working for the Trust please visit our careers pages. As part of the Trust, you will receive the support and guidance you require to excel in your role and be part of a team that is committed to delivering an outstanding educational experience to all students.
For more information on working for the Trust please visit our careers pages
Diversity at our core: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.
The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.
Attached documents
About The Leigh Academy
The Leigh Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. Overall the academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic leadership team are committed to making it a great place to work for staff at all stages of their career. As the flagship academy of Leigh Academies Trust we have an inspirational building hosting modern technology and great facilities. We ensure that our students are prepared both academically and socially for their futures. We ensure that students’ talents and interests are nurtured through our broad and balanced curriculum, in particular through the delivery of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme in Years 7, 8 and 9, having been accredited as an IB World School in December 2020 for our Key Stage 3 curriculum, and previously in 2017 for our International Baccalaureate Careers Pathway in Key Stage 5, which sits alongside our offer of A Levels and BTECS. We take pride in being the first school in the UK to have been awarded The Healthy Minds School kite mark, in recognition of successful involvement in the Healthy Minds curriculum delivery, demonstrating a commitment to the personal development of students and staff.
We strive for excellence in all that we do whilst ‘Opening minds to Success’. This is reflected in our dedicated staff and our consistent approach to teaching and learning to ensure all of our students are happy, successful and resilient to the challenges they face. Our intention is to work in close partnership with parents and carers to ensure that students of all abilities, interests and talents are given every opportunity to be part of our inspiring, challenging and supportive community. We work hard to ensure all staff are supported in their current and next stage of their career journey, ensuring staff are able to access NPQ courses and other further training opportunities within the Leigh Academies Trust and externally.
Everyone who visits us is impressed by our students, the working atmosphere, the sheer sense of enjoyment in the learning process and the strong focus on achievement.
Principal
Mrs Julia Collins
Values
The Leigh Academy inspires the next generation to be resilient and respectful learners who are successful and strive for academic excellence by:
- Challenging all to become compassionate and active members of our global community,
- Building effective partnerships through intercultural and social interactions,
- Ensuring consistent approaches to develop lifelong learners.
Vision
At The Leigh Academy, we aim to provide a learning environment which is both welcoming and supportive and to create a caring, working atmosphere which will enable students to reach their full potential intellectually, spiritually, ethically and physically. The Leigh recognises the importance of the individual, values all of its students equally and strives to ensure that they have the opportunity to experience success. We publicly acknowledge their achievements with pride.
The Leigh Academy aims to continue to inspire the next generation, to provide our students with engaging lessons, personalised learning plans and individual support and feedback to allow them to develop skills and knowledge that will make them successful, happy and resilient to the challenges they will face when they leave us.
We believe that it is our mission to support students to develop the skills they need to be successful in their education and beyond.
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