Receptionist (Fixed Term)
Four Dwellings Primary Academy
Quinton, Birmingham
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £15,807 - £16,491 pro-rata, £14,123 - £14,734 actual salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 21 September 2017
Job overview
35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Come and be part of our aspirational learning community and help to maximise the development of each and every child
Four Dwellings Primary Academy is a two-form entry primary academy set in the heart of Birmingham and we are a proud member of the Quinton community. We are within close proximity of our three other Primaries, Montgomery Primary, Percy Shurmer and Lea Forest Primary who are also part of our Academy Trust and are all judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted’. We help and support each other and undertake shared moderation.
We are looking to appoint a dedicated, proactive and organised support professional to join our busy school office team. This is a busy and varied role where no two days are the same.
This is a fixed term role until at least 31 August 2018.
Duties will include answering incoming calls, receiving and welcoming parents, children and visitors and signing for deliveries, ensuring that appropriate safeguarding checks are made. You will be expected to carry out clerical duties as and when directed, use systems like Progresso and Parent Pay (experience desirable but not essential) and email, and maintain customer relations at a level which enhances the reputation of the school and AET.
You will provide an effective and professional admin service to our visitors, staff, parents and community and help the Business Manager in securing the high standards of an efficiently run reception in our busy school.
School experience desirable, but consideration will be given to someone from a PA or office environment.
The successful candidate will need to:
- Have a high standard of written English and have the ability to write clear and concise reports, letters and messages
- Have experience of an office environment and ideally have experience of working with young people
- Excellent communication skills and have the ability to prioritise workloads and multi task.
- Have GCSE Maths and English at a good standard as well as good ICT skills.
We can offer you:
- A ‘family’ school feeling at the heart of a thriving local community.
- A chance to work within an Academy community (locally and nationally) that promotes outstanding practice.
- A friendly supportive team of staff and governors.
- Parents who value the school and children who have a thirst to learn.
- A commitment to your ongoing professional development.
The recruitment and retention of our staff is of the upmost importance and we want you to thrive and develop your career here.
If you feel you have the relevant skills, qualities, competencies and expertise and are energised by the prospect of being part of our team, then we would love to hear from you.
As the sponsor, AET believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners – to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first rate educational environment with the best facilities, the best teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them. In each of our academies, you will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills with access to world-class CPD and Talent Management programmes. You will also be entitled to the following benefits: a health cash plan, vehicle affinity scheme, childcare vouchers and Westfield rewards.
The position is due to commence ideally in September 2017 or as soon as possible. Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 25 September 2017.
Closing date: Friday 22 September at 9 am.
To arrange a visit please contact Mrs L Piddington on 0121 464 3351 or email lpiddington@fourdwellingsprimaryacademy.org
In line with our safeguarding procedure we are unable to accept CV’s.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhance checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
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About Four Dwellings Primary Academy
- Four Dwellings Primary Academy
- Quinton Road West, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B32 1PJ
- United Kingdom
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Four Dwellings Primary Academy is a 2 form-entry primary school, in the heart of Quinton, Birmingham with over 300 pupils on roll. Pupils from 3yrs to 11yrs come here to learn, explore, investigate, discover, build aspirations, question and to solve problems through an engaging and challenging curriculum and school life.
Working with the community
We are committed to working in partnership with our parents and carers and our wider community. We work in school and with our parents to always have the best interests of our children at our heart. We work to maintain an open and respectful dialogue with our parents, carers and other partners in order to benefit the children.
We also work to develop the 'school within the community' and work with our partners in Academies Enterprise Trust cluster and other Local Authority partners and businesses to achieve our aims.
Building trust, working together and keeping our vision for the school and our children is always at the forefront of our planning, discussions and decision making. We are here for our children; it is our responsibility to do our best for them, to care for their needs and to support our parents and carers in the enormous and exciting task of raising young people in an ever more complex and global society. We know we have a privileged place in that process and our promise to our parents, children and other stakeholders is that we will do our best for each child and use our resources wisely to achieve our goals.
Our curriculum
At Four Dwellings Primary Academy, we are committed to delivering a complete and cohesive curriculum which allows for opportunities to use and apply various skills and a variety of contexts thereby deepening and evolving pupil’s understanding over time. We believe that a primary curriculum should be broad and balanced, and should allow the pupils to experience a wide range of activities.
We have achieved this by creating a thorough Curriculum document which promotes links between subjects and has trips and experiences built into it. Curriculum content is taken from the new National Curriculum in England 2014 document. English and Maths are taught with a focussed approach in discrete lessons and then these key skills are then applied within other contexts when teaching the Foundation Curriculum. Our Religious Education Curriculum is taken from the Birmingham Agreed Syllabus for RE.
Planning
Where possible, the Foundation Curriculum links subjects through a skills and knowledge based cross-curricular approach. The document below details the skills which are to be taught by each class teacher throughout the year. These skills have been taken directly from the new National Curriculum in England 2015 document and subject co-ordinators have ensured that there is progression within their throughout the school. Medium term plans (for Foundation subjects) or weekly plans (for English and Maths) are written from these half term overviews which detail the lessons themselves.
Closing the Gap
In order to ensure that pupils' basic skills are embedded, it is necessary (at times) for the pupils to complete interventions during curriculum time, in order to provide small group focussed learning which will tackle a specific barrier to learning (which may be either an academic or pastoral barrier). These interventions are designed by the class teacher, phase leader, SENDco or pastoral manager to address a specific issue and are intended to be designed as a short term removal from the Standard Curriculum.
Assessment
English and Maths are assessed by the teacher through the use of Formative assessment techniques which enable the teacher to continually adapt the teaching to suit the needs of the pupils. These subjects are then assessed summatively through the use of ‘Age Related’ tests (Yrs 3 - 5), National assessments (SAT’s - Yr 2 & Yr6, Phonics - Yr 1) and other assessment materials (e.g. Pm Benchmarks, Target Tracker statements etc).
Assessment Tasks are built into the Foundation Curriculum, which enable the teacher to assess the pupils achievements against a particular skill in a subject, are built into the medium term planning. All children are targeted to meet age-related expectations (at least) by the end of the academic year.
Our Early Year and Foundation Stage Curriculum
In the Early Years and Foundation Stage (EYFS) there are seven areas of learning - 3 prime and 4 specific. Each area has associated Early Learning Goals (ELGs).
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
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Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
OUR TRUST
We are proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).
AET is a national family of 57 schools committed to delivering an excellent education that launches all the children in our care into a remarkable life. It is our deeply held belief that every child has something remarkable to offer and we see it as our duty to help each and every child find this within themselves.
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