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Progress and Welfare Officer

Progress and Welfare Officer

The Kingston Academy

Kingston Upon Thames

Salary:
Grade E/F, Spinal Point 25 – 30: £25,755 - £31,563
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
25 November 2018

Job overview


The Board of Trustees wish to appoint a talented and motivated Progress and Welfare Co-ordinator to join our fast growing and ambitious Academy.  The post holder will take responsibility for supporting the good attendance and punctuality of all pupils across the school, working closely with Heads of Year and the rest of the pastoral team to ensure that pupils are well cared for. As part of the role, the successful candidate will also be required to carry out cover supervisor duties up to a defined maximum number of lessons per week. 

The Kingston Academy is new Free Secondary School in North Kingston, which opened for the first time in September 2015 with a cohort of Year 7 pupils.  The school will grow annually by an additional year group until 2021.  TKA has received a substantial capital grant for the refurbishment of the existing educational facilities and for additional new modern buildings. Our mission is to provide a world-class education for all the young people within our community to ensure that every pupil is safe, happy and succeeds.  We now have around 710 pupils across the four year groups of 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Candidates wishing to visit the school are welcomed and encouraged.  To arrange a visit please contact Justine Free, PA to the Head Teacher on 0208 465 6208 or email jfree@thekingstonacademy.org.  However, if you are unable to visit the school prior to the deadline, your application will not be disadvantaged in any sense.

The successful candidate will have overall pastoral responsibility for a defined group of pupils.  As such they should possess the following attributes:

  • Good honours degree
  • Experience of behaviour support in a secondary setting 
  • The ability to lead, inspire, motivate and support pupils
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a curriculum / subject team
  • Effective ICT skills
  • Ability to maintain good classroom behaviour
  • Effective organisational skills e.g. lesson preparation, scheme of work development, meeting deadlines, good record keeping etc.

The post holder will take responsibility for supporting the good attendance and punctuality of all pupils across the school, working closely with Heads of Year and the rest of the pastoral team to ensure that pupils are well cared for. 

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About The Kingston Academy

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The Kingston Academy is an ambitious and outstanding new mixed, mainstream secondary school located in a newly renovated traditional school building and significant, state-of-the-art new extension in Kingston upon Thames, near to the River Thames. 

The Kingston Academy was established in 2015 by the Kingston Educational Trust, a partnership between Kingston University, Kingston College and the Royal Borough of Kingston.   The school initially opened with a single cohort of Year 7 pupils and has grown every year with an additional year group. It will eventually comprise all year groups including a Sixth Form in 2021-22.

The school's first full Ofsted inspection took place in May 2018 and the resulting report declared the school to be outstanding in all categories with no areas identified as needing improvement.  

The announcement of the new cohort for September 2019 revealed the school to be heavily oversubscribed, drawing from a catchment area of less than 1km from the school.


Headteacher 

Ms. Sophie Cavanagh 

Values and vision

The Kingston Academy has an ethos of inclusion, where all are welcomed and every individual is valued for who they are and what they can bring to the school. The focus on learning and communication is powered by a STEM-focused curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). 

The secondary school helps to build a strong sense of identity, encouraging students to be global citizens and to value their place in the wider world. Teachers are offered continuing professional development, which allows them to keep up with new technologies and best practices.

'Teaching successfully challenges all groups of pupils to aim high and achieve their best.' Ofsted, June 2018

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