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Admin Assistant (General)

Admin Assistant (General)

Boston Spa Academy

Leeds

Salary:
Actual Salary: £16,248 - £16,904
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
7 January 2022

Job overview

1090 STUDENTS AGED 11-19 (250 in the Sixth Form)

Required ASAP

Admin Assistant (General)

B1 (SCP 4-6) £18,933 - £19,698

Actual Salary: £16,248 - £16,904

Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 5 Days

Subject to a 6-Month Probationary Period

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Admin Assistant (General) to join Boston Spa Academy. Located between York, Leeds and Harrogate, Boston Spa Academy is committed to the development of the whole student, the physical, aesthetic, emotional, moral, spiritual as well as the intellectual.

Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, Boston Spa Academy will ensure that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values will instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher educational provision and employment. Prior to joining The GORSE Academies Trust the school was inspected by Ofsted and was judged to be ‘Good’ in all areas. However, since joining The GORSE Academies Trust the school has gone from strength to strength and is now rated amongst the highest performing schools in Leeds, the Yorkshire and Humber region and the country.

We are looking for an inspirational individual to join our forward thinking, innovative and dynamic academy to ensure our Outstanding provision is not only retained but is also built upon; this role represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for any candidate who shares our vision. The successful candidate will demonstrate integrity and a determination to ensure all students thrive within our provision which has, at its heart, the belief that the greatest gift we can give a young person is the ability to acquire a rich set of academic qualifications and a strong skill set.    

If you are excited about the prospect of this rare opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you. An application pack is available to download directly from www.tgat.org.uk/jobs or by email at susie.dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk. Further details are available on our website www.bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk 

Please note if you submit an electronic application we will not require a hard copy.  CVs are not accepted.

Closing date: Friday 7 January 2022, 9am

Interview date: TBC

Boston Spa Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children and we expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

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About Boston Spa Academy

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  • Boston Spa Academy
  • Clifford Moor Road, Boston Spa, Wetherby
  • West Yorkshire
  • LS23 6RW
  • United Kingdom
+44 1937 846636

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About Boston Spa Academy

Boston Spa Academy in Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, is a mixed, secondary community secondary school for children aged 11-18. The school, which opened in 1973, has around 1,370 students of which 195 attend the growing sixth form. In September 2018, Boston Spa Academy officially joined the highly successful and nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust (TGAT), however, we had already been working in close partnership with colleagues from the Trust for the 18 months prior to becoming part of the Trust. As a direct impact of working with colleagues at TGAT the academy has moved from being a school with average performance to one which is now well above the national average. Boston Spa Academy is now amongst the highest performing schools in Leeds, the Yorkshire and Humber region and the country.

Values and vision

Shaping Character; Cultivating Ambition

At Boston Spa Academy, we truly value the holistic development of our students as part of our vision to be ‘shaping character; cultivating ambition’. We support students in developing the character traits required to be well-rounded individuals and for them to be prepared with the skills, habits and qualifications required for success in their future careers.

Our community is built on kindness, respect, hard work and aspiration and our enabler to achieving this are the ‘core values’ to which we hold dear and permeate through all that we do at the academy:

· Purpose

· Positivity

· Principled

· Participation

· Professionalism

As part of The GORSE Academies Trust, Boston Spa Academy is in the vanguard of educational developments in Leeds, Yorkshire and on a national level.  As a school community, we strive to deliver an exceptional standard of education.

Our Enrichment++ provision is designed to encourage young people to learn beyond the classroom and includes opportunities to take part in sport, art, languages, humanities, science, outdoor pursuits and a range of volunteering and charitable work at local, national and international levels. Our nationally renowned Rowing Programme provides student with the opportunity to compete at a national level against some of the elite young athletes in the UK.

Cultural visits and an expedition programme have seen pupils visit countries from European countries to as far afield as Trinidad and Singapore.

Mr Peter Hollywood

Principal

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