Admin Assistant
Longsands Academy
Cambridgeshire
- £18,841 pro rata
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 3
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 April 2023
Job overview
Longsands Academy is looking for a pro-active and efficient person to provide administrative support as part of the school Admin team. Responsibilities will include working on the Bromcom database, maintaining accurate records, HR administration and general office tasks. You will also be expected to provide cover for other roles, including First Aid, Reception, Attendance and Reprographics when required.
You will ideally be highly proficient in Microsoft Applications, have experience of working as part of a team, in a school environment and prior experience of HR or confidential administration would be an advantage. A current First Aid at Work Certificate is desirable, together with an up to date knowledge and understanding of the practices and procedures within education relating to the welfare and safety of students.
Hours: 37 hours per week, 8am to 4pm Monday to Thursday, 8am to 3.30pm Friday.
Longsands Academy is an 11-18 fully-inclusive secondary school serving the community of St Neots and the surrounding area. The academy has around 1750 students including 250 in the Sixth Form. Longsands is proud of its inclusive and aspirational approach, whether that is in supporting students preparing for Oxbridge or working with students with special educational needs. We are ambitious for every child, no matter their background or circumstance, prior attainment or needs. The academy also has a strong track record of supporting of staff by ensuring excellent mentoring, a supportive culture and many opportunities for development and involvement in wider school activities.
We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in direct and explicit instruction and have been influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine’s principles and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins successful teaching and learning.
Interested in applying?
If this is something you are interested in, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role and how to apply.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
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About Longsands Academy
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Longsands Academy is a successful, fully inclusive secondary school and sixth form serving the community of St Neots and its surrounding area. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging, purposeful and supportive environment in which all of our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence and become responsible, well rounded citizens.
The academy is at the heart of the community and has pledged to provide a rich, broad and varied education to all the pupils it serves. The academy and Trust are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture, influenced by Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion and Tom Bennett.
At Longsands Academy, our curriculum is designed to fulfil our core purpose which aims to secure the best possible experience, learning and outcomes for each young person for whom we have responsibility. As such, we believe that students are entitled to be immersed in ‘the best that has been thought and said’ which is best achieved through a broad and balanced, knowledge-rich curriculum, a Life at Longsands behaviour curriculum and our It Stops Now a strong personal development programme. In addition, our provision is tailored so that all students, whatever their background and ability, can follow suitable pathways, from Years 7 through to Year 13, which maximise their chances to progress their learning and achieve academic excellence and success in public examinations, as well as promoting emotional wellbeing and mental health, enabling them to successfully access the next chapter of their lives.
The creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful is at the heart of everything we do. At Longsands we ensure impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning in a disruption-free context.
Why work at Longsands?
- High quality curriculum which is planned with shared resources, so no planning from scratch.
- There are 8 INSET days a year to provide time to develop professionally.
- We focus on feedback that is impactful - we do not mark books.
- Students are polite, well-behaved, and committed to learning.
- All detentions are centralised and organised by pastoral and senior teams leaving you to teach.
- SLT are visible and approachable.
- We believe in strong routines to support simple effective teaching from the front.
Sounds good? Check out the vacancies we have and join a school that is going from strength to strength.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at Astrea Academy Trust
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Astrea Academy Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all requests for flexible working as we know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive and building our culture of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in Astrea’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, prohibition, qualifications, online searches, two references and enhanced DBS check including the Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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