Departmental Assistant
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
Nottinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £18,560 - £21,057
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 9 March 2017
Job overview
The Trent Academies Group is an emerging multi-academy trust, based in Nottingham. Our aim is to support schools and academies in providing outstanding education for their pupils. The Trust currently consists of Rushcliffe School, an outstanding school in West Bridgford and The Farnborough Academy, Clifton and the Arnold Hill Academy, Arnold.
In our Group we work together, share staff, join up expertise, build on each other’s strengths, pool resources and combine facilities, so that everybody, staff and pupils, gets the chance to shine and achieve their best. We are developing our support structure to enhanced capacity within the teaching and learning support teams.
We wish to appoint a Departmental Assistant to be responsible for covering and delivering prepared lessons in the absence of the class teacher and who can provide administrative assistance to one or more of the school’s faculty areas. The Departmental Assistant may also be asked to assist in exam invigilation under the supervision of the Exams Officer.
Our Departmental Assistant’s play a key role within our support structure. We are seeking an experienced person who is enthusiastic, confident and committed to working with a range of pupils across the school and who is able to develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues.
Salary: Pay Scale Grade 4 Point 19 - 23 £18,560 - £21,057
Start date: September 2017
Position Type: Permanent, Part Time (2 days a week) This is a part-time role for 2 days a week (15 hours), term time plus 4 days.
It is intended that the role would be based at Rushcliffe School but the diversity of academies within the Group can provide fantastic opportunities for the development of practice and skills.
Rushcliffe is a popular and successful school in a pleasant, suburban area of Nottingham. It has a strong tradition of pastoral care, academic success and extra-curricular enrichment. We are committed to providing high quality training and development opportunities for all staff.
If you think you have the relevant experience in this area please apply on our website http://rushcliffe.notts.sch.uk/index.php/information/vacancies
Closing date for applications: Thursday 9th March 2017 (midday)
The Trent Academies Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share in this commitment. This post may be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
- Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
- Boundary Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- NG2 7BW
- United Kingdom
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is a highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham. Recognised as ‘outstanding’ since 2014, inspectors concluded that “Students receive an excellent education, both academically and in their personal development, preparing them exceptionally well for the next stage of their education or for employment.”
For a number of years Rushcliffe has been one of the highest achieving schools in the region at GCSE and a high percentage of Rushcliffe Sixth Form students move on to study at the most prestigious universities.
In 2015 Rushcliffe were awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark. The only school in the East Midlands to be awarded such an honour in recognition of taking the school “beyond outstanding”
Everyone at Rushcliffe will be given the chance to shine brightly. Every child, no matter what their ability, their background, their aspirations or the barriers that stand in their way, to be successful.
We have high expectations of everyone in the school community. This leads to an environment where pupils work hard, show respect and courtesy and are expected to try their best in all that they do. We are a happy and harmonious community where children feel safe and talents are nurtured.
We have a committed and talented staff team. They work hard to support, nurture and challenge our pupils. We believe in investing to develop our staff so that they too are the best they can be. We work with other schools, with universities and with a number of other organisations to learn from the latest research and bring the very best practice to Rushcliffe. We are one of eight secondary schools in the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the close partnership working that comes from being part of a successful regional trust.
The Spencer Academies Trust aims to be an employer of choice within the East Midlands. We recognise that meeting our recruitment and retention targets depends on creating a leading support offer, which promotes staff wellbeing and allows colleagues to access opportunities including staff discount programmes.
Together, we deliver on the Spencer Academies Trust mission: to provide an outstanding quality of education and improve the life chances of children across the East Midlands.
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