Behaviour & Achievement Mentor
The Bushey Academy
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £18,301 - £19,916 pa inclusive of fringe allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 9 October 2016
Job overview
Grade H5 (SCP 20 – 23) 38.75 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
The Bushey Academy is looking to appoint an experienced individual to work with students across all age ranges in order to further raise their self-esteem, aspirations and academic performance. The ideal candidate will be proactive, positive, consistent and fair, and will have excellent communication skills. They will be responsible for supporting key positive behaviour strategies, development of effective mentoring relationships with both children and their parents/carers, and will work closely with teaching and support staff on strategies and interventions which will positively impact on students’ achievement and wellbeing.
We welcome applications from both experienced behaviour mentors and from those with other relevant experience of working with children or young people who can demonstrate their ability to support students in an educational setting.
The successful candidates will join the happy and committed staff of 130 as the academy grows to 1350 Students, catering for high levels of parental demand. This position would suit those who believe that anyone can excel and that everyone deserves the best.
The Bushey Academy is 20 minutes by train from London Euston and enjoys a leafy setting close to the urban environment of Watford. It has a strong vision and ethos which has led to a rapid expansion in student numbers and impressive examination results. We have a positive reputation in the local area, benefit from strong parental support, are heavily oversubscribed and moved into our double award winning £30 million new building in January 2013. In December 2013 Ofsted judged The Bushey Academy to be ‘Good’ in every category, while the Education Business Awards recognised us as an ‘Outstanding Academy’. We are a case study with the Department for Education twice over, and have been recognised for our good practice by both the Office of the Schools Commissioner and the Local Authority. We are consistently in the top 20% of schools nationally for pupil progress and, most importantly, students and staff at the academy share a commitment to its success and are “Proud to belong”.
The academy has an active wellbeing committee, and was recognised in 2015 with the Investors in People Health and Wellbeing Award. All colleagues benefit from free gym membership, Employee Assistance and also have the opportunity to exchange ideas and develop their careers through the Meller Educational Trust.
Please visit our website http://www.thebusheyacademy.org/staff-room/vacancies/ for a job description and application form. You can read more about us on Facebook and LinkedIn, or read the Principal’s blog to learn more about the school: http://thebusheyacademyprincipalsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Your application form and letter of application should be e-mailed to recruitment@thebusheyacademy.org.
CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 10 October 2016.
Interviews: 13 and 14 October 2016.
The Bushey Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
About The Bushey Academy
The Bushey Academy is 20 minutes by train from London Euston and enjoys a leafy setting close to the urban environment of Watford. We are a successful and popular 11-19 mixed secondary school that provides the highest quality of education for all learners. Our mission is to ensure that every one of our young people leave the academy fully equipped for their next stage in life, be it university or the world of work. We want all learners, on leaving, to possess excellent exam results, a well developed character, and great employability skills.
We focus on the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, plus the high levels of care and support we offer every child. Our hard working, dedicated and skilled staff ensure that our learners are happy, safe and achieve well. We have high aspirations for all and we expect our learners o be ambitious for themselves. We want our learners to live up to our motto of 'Proud to belong' and we expect or students to show pride in their work, their appearance and in how they conduct themselves.
The facilities at The Bushey Academy are excellent and all areas of the curriculum are very well catered for in our modern building opened in 2013. We value all subjects highly, placing an equal emphasis on success in academic subjects alongside creative and vocational areas. We also have a wide and varied range of extracurricular clubs that we encourage our students to attend. We are part of the Meller Educational Trust (MET) which gives us opportunities to collaborate with other local schools, sharing best practice and learning from one another.
In July 2018 the school was awarded the Investors in People Good Practice Award for the Health and Wellbeing of our staff.
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