Pastoral Support Assistant
Queen Mary's Grammar School
Walsall
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Pay Scale points 12-17
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2020
Job overview
We wish to appoint a second ‘Pastoral Support Assistant’ to work as part of a two-person team alongside our Assistant Head (in charge of student behaviour) and Heads of Year in supporting students in Years 7-11.
Queen Mary’s Grammar School has a national reputation for achievement, with 77% of students achieving 7-9 grades at GCSE in 2019. The School is a happy, rewarding place and the role will support our well-motivated young men and women to reach their full potential and prepare for life beyond.
This term-time role is based on NJC salary scale for Local Government employees (Scale point 12-17) 37 hours per week.
Applications
We strongly encourage informal communications with the school with the opportunity to speak to members of staff in advance of an application. Please contact Carol Wood (HR Executive) to arrange such a contact, by emailing c-wood@qmgs.walsall.sch.uk
Applications should be made using the QMGS application form and accompanied by a covering letter to the Headmaster of no more than two sides of A4 in which you should set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of job description and person specification. Please read the general applicant information pack, which is also available from the school website.
Closing date: Friday 19th June 2020 at 9.00 am.
Interviews: TBC
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For recruitment which takes place during the period when schools are closed due to Covid-19, interviews will be conducted by video interview using Microsoft Teams. Additional information may be sought during this unusual times to ensure we are able to fulfil our safeguarding responsibilities, for example additional references.
Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.
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About Queen Mary's Grammar School
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. In March 2023, it was recognised as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted.
There are currently almost 1400 pupils on roll, including over 450 in the Sixth Form. The School has an outstanding academic record and regularly features at the upper end of the national league tables. In 2023, 69% of GCSE grades were 7-9 (A*/A) and 64% of A Level grades were A*, A or B. We are especially proud of our value-added scores, which regularly place us among the top schools in the country for progress. We do not rest on our laurels, but encourage all our pupils to realise their full potential.
In June 2011, the School converted to Academy status and we have undertaken a series of exciting building projects since then, including a new Sixth Form Centre, science labs and a humanities wing, music and PE refurbishments, extensions to existing English and maths classrooms, as well as a new dining room and reception. We were a founding member of the Mercian Multi Academy Trust (along with five other schools) in January 2018. Over the past few years, we completed projects to add additional capacity through the building of extra science rooms, a humanities block and a sixth form study annexe.
The School encourages an enterprising and international outlook: trips, expeditions and exchanges have gone all over the world in recent years, as well as a wide range of vibrant and formative educational visits and experiences closer to home such as theatre visits, visiting speakers and the mental health ambassadors programme. We are proud to appear in Ross Morrison McGill’s recent book Just Great Teaching, showcasing our mental health work.
We want our pupils to lead happy and fulfilled lives. Learning here is not just about passing exams, but about enjoying the life of the mind. We also encourage all our pupils to take part in a wide range of enrichment activities in music, sport, the Combined Cadet Force and at our Field Centre on the Afon Mawddach in Southern Snowdonia. We have been named in the Top 100 cricket schools by the Cricketer Magazine for the second year in succession.
Our pupils come from diverse backgrounds, but they all thrive on the sense of support, encouragement and care that characterises Queen Mary’s.
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