Annexe Coordinator

Term time plus TD days

Salary: Actual salary £17,876 - £19, 349 (FTE £22,627 - £24,491)

Start date: As soon as possible

The Governing Body, Trust and Headteacher seek to appoint a highly motivated person to join our school in the role of Annexe Coordinator. You will be responsible for supporting good behaviour through staffing the school’s Annexe for students on internal sanction in addition to coordinating the runnings of the behaviour system in the school and working 1-1 with challenging students in order to support them in rectifying their poor behaviour.

You will need to have good communication skills, the ability to problem solve and identify barriers to learning. For students who find it difficult to cope with the requirements of the classroom, you will need to be assertive and consistent in your approach.  We are seeking an individual who has worked with and can relate well to a wide range of young people from different ability, ethnic and social backgrounds or worked with teachers and other professionals.

The working pattern is 33.75 hours per week, 8.20am – 3.45pm Monday to Friday with the exception of Week 2 Wednesday which finishes an hour later (for a team meeting) and Week 2 Friday which finishes an hour earlier (for wellbeing). The role is term time only, plus Teacher Development days.

In January 2018 we set the new vision – “a school of excellence bursting with pride and ambition” and a new mission statement – “to champion each and every student”.

Kingsdown School is at a very exciting stage in its history, in January 2020 Kingsdown was graded as ‘Good’ in every single area inspected by Ofsted, a few of the positive quotes are:

“Leaders provide a curriculum that is broad and balanced. A notable strength of the school is its care for pupils facing particular difficulties, the work the school does to support pupils’ personal development and well-being is good.”

“Children say they now feel safe and can learn without disruption.”

“The culture is strong and our shared vision for the future (is) ambitious.”

Kingsdown School is part of a Multi Academy Trust and joined the River Learning Trust in 2017. The successful applicant will join the School as a River Learning Trust employee.

For any enquires, please contact recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk or telephone the HR Department on 01793 837087. Applications will only be accepted on a Kingsdown School application form via tes.com. 

If you would like to arrange a visit or telephone call with Emma Leigh-Bennett (Headteacher), please contact Jude Carter, PA to the Headteacher - jcarter@kingsdownschool.co.uk. If you have not heard from us shortly after the closing date please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Closing date for completed applications is Monday 7th February 2022 at 8.00am. Interview date – Friday 11th February 2022. No agencies please. CVs will not be accepted. Kingsdown School is a mixed 11-16 Academy situated on the eastern outskirts of Swindon. 

Kingsdown School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  All staff are expected to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

NOTE 1: Some cautions, reprimands, warnings and convictions are protected under the DBS filtering process and you do not have to disclose them.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [exceptions] Order 1975 [2013 and 2020] provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are considered "protected." This means that they do not need to be disclosed to an employer and, if they are disclosed, an employer cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found here https://hub.unlock.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/What-will-be-filtered-by-the-DBS.pdf  

NOTE 2: if you are under 18 it is no longer a legal requirement for you to disclose any cautions you hold.