Family Support Worker
Grove School
Birmingham
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- Salary:
- Grade 3
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Autumn term 2024
- Apply by:
- 11 June 2024
Job overview
Grove School Family Support Worker
Fixed term contract
Start date: September 2024
Grove School, Dawson Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 9HB
Tel: 0121 464 4669 Email: j.baker@grove.bham.sch.uk
Website: www.grove.bham.sch.uk/vacancies.
The school was inspected in October 2023.Grove continues to be a good school. Grove School is a 3 form-entry mixed primary school for pupils aged 3 - 11 years, which currently has 678 pupils on roll. It is a multicultural school in an area of high deprivation. Our parents, staff and governors are ambitious for our pupils. The school community works to help every pupil achieve their very best. On entering Grove, you will feel the warmth and pride that we all have in our school.
The senior leadership are looking to appoint a passionate and dedicated Family Support Worker.
The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term 2024.
We encourage all interested applicants to contact the school to arrange an informal visit, which will be held on:
Wednesday 5th June 2024 at 10.30am or 3.00pm
Please contact e.patel@grove.bham.sch.uk to arrange an informal visit.
You will be able to meet with senior leaders, ECTs and pupils during your informal visit.
Closing date: Tuesday 11th June 2024
Interview date: Wednesday 26th June 2024.
Completed application forms should be returned to: e.patel@grove.bham.sch.uk
Application packs can be downloaded from our school website, www.grove.bham.sch.uk
Grove School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
About Grove School
Grove School is a mainstream, mixed, community primary school for pupils aged three to eleven. Located in Handsworth, Birmingham, it accommodates approximately 678 students.
Grove School was founded in 1903. The school is split on site, with its early years students and middle school in a Victorian building and Years 5 and 6 in a 1960s open-plan building.
Headteacher
Ms Justine Baker BA (QTS) NPQH
Vision and values
Grove School aims to be a centre of learning that values academic excellence and uses innovative learning styles. The primary school promote values such as: be kind to others; respect all property; always do your best; be honest and tell the truth; aim to be good listeners and thoughtful speakers; and treat others as you would want to be treated. The school strives to prepare pupils for modern British life.
Reading, writing and mathematics are prioritised at Grove School. In addition, it acknowledges the importance of physical education and makes good use of sport premium funding, offering 68 clubs.
Ofsted report
'This is a happy school. Pupils arrive with smiles on their face s and they are greeted with a smile in return. The immaculately well kept school building s and stunning grounds provide an oasis in the city ’’. Pupils feel exceptionally safe and well cared for in school because they are. The kindness that everyone shows to each other is evident in all aspects of school life. Pupils say everyone is kind with their actions and words'.
Staff are committed to ensuring all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) achieve their very best . This commitment and determination ensure that all pupils achieve their best from very different starting points. Pupils settle to learning very well, including the youngest children in the early years.
Pupils behave sensibly at all times of the day. As pupils say, there are reminders everywhere. They listen carefully to their teachers and follow the well established school rules consistently Pupils relish learning new things. They can focus well during lessons because they are not disrupted from doing so by others.
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