Junior School Classroom Assistant
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- free lunch during term time, free private health insurance, pension, cycle to work scheme, fee remission and complimentary use of school sports facilities
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 February 2022
Job overview
Magdalen College School, founded in 1480, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools. The Junior School is a remarkable corner of Magdalen College School. We are housed in School House, a stunning Victorian building overlooking the Rose Garden and Cherwell River. This offers us immediate access to the Senior School facilities whilst retaining our own independence for the younger boys; we are blessed here to be essentially two schools with one heart.
The School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and versatile classroom assistant for the Junior School. This is a fabulous opportunity for those considering a future career in teaching with the majority of candidates that join us deciding that this is the route they would like to take. The role will start as soon as possible and will be flexible in length.
The successful candidate will enjoy a varied daily routine as part of a close team in the Junior School. There will be an emphasis on helping in the classrooms with our younger year groups but the list below will offer an idea of what else is to be expected, although it is not exhaustive:
- Work closely with the JS staff in assisting in the day-to-day running of a busy Junior School.
- Work with small groups of boys on reinforcement and enrichment tasks.
- Assist in the planning and preparation of specific resources for these groups together with the relevant subject teacher.
- Provide supervisory support during lunch and break time, and before and after school until 5.30pm, specifically overseeing boys who catch the school buses home.
- Help with sporting fixtures including the occasional Saturday (typically two per term)
- Accompany the J4 residential trip during the Hilary Term (during school week)
The position is full-time, term-time only (Plus Inset days). Hours are from 8.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, with half an hour for lunch. The current salary is in line with NLW (including holiday pay).
There is a wide range of benefits on offer to staff, including a free lunch during term time, free private health insurance, pension, cycle to work scheme, fee remission and complimentary use of school sports facilities. Head to mcsoxford.org/vacancies to find out more.
Further details of the position and the Support Staff application form are available on our website: https://www.mcsoxford.org/vacancy/junior-school-classroom-assistant/
Candidates should submit the Application Form for Support Staff which can be found above, or on the vacancies page of the website. This should be emailed together with a CV and covering letter of application to the HR Officer, Gail Workman (recruitment@mcsoxford.org). All documentation should be sent as soon as possible (please note that we would welcome early applications). Interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis and shortlisted candidates will be contacted by telephone. The school’s preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.
Magdalen College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and the successful candidate will be required to undergo statutory checks before the commencement of his/her employment.
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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