Assistant Site Controller - Farley Hill
Addington Special School
Farley Hill and Woodley
- £22,369 - £24,054 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Plus £1,401 SEN Allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 2 April 2023
Job overview
We are seeking an Assistant Site Controller to provide support with the day to day operation, security, cleanliness and grounds maintenance of our school sites.
With experience of building maintenance and caretaking/cleaning work, you will have good knowledge of health and safety regulations and previous experience of supervising a team.
We are looking for applicants with strong customer care skills with a 'can do' approach and with the ability to carry out the physical aspects of the role, for example, maintenance, DIY, manual handling and lifting.
You will be a flexible team player with the ability to plan and prioritise tasks to enable the school to deliver best outcomes for pupils.
This role is primarily based at our new site in Farley Hill which is due to open in September/October 2023 however you may be required to travel and work at our Woodley site as required. This role will be based at the Woodley site initially, whilst building works are completed at Farley Hill.
Closing date: 2nd April 2023
To apply, please complete an application form. Please note that we are not able to accept CVs.
To discuss this role further, please contact Amanda Cherry, HR Manager on 0118 966 9073. Whilst it is not possible to visit Farley Hill at present, visits to our main school site are welcome.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Attached documents
About Addington Special School
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- Addington Special School
- Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG5 3EU
- United Kingdom
Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.
All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan and we are currently accommodating up to 290 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites.
Based in Woodley and Farley Hill and currently a Wokingham maintained school, we are very fortunate to have 2 purpose built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a new 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre that admitted 16 new pupils in September 23. We will admit a further 16 in September 24, and a further 8 in September 25 to complete the 40 place provision.
We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework.
We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music a particular focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.
We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.
We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all our staff.
Our Aims
- To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
- To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
- To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
- To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
- To create a challenging forward thinking culture.
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