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School Careers Lead and Advisor

School Careers Lead and Advisor

St Mary's Church of England High School

Cheshunt

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Salary:
H9 on the Hertfordshire support staff pay range (FTE: £33,712-£36,249) (pro-rata: £29,741-£31,979) (this is pending a pay rise to be agreed from 1 April 2022)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2022
Apply by:
6 June 2022

Job overview

School Careers Lead and Advisor

37 hours a week (Mon-Thurs: 8:30am – 4:30pm; Friday: 8:30am – 4:00pm), term time plus two weeks (these two weeks would have to be the Exam Results fortnight, currently the third and fourth weeks in August, to support the university and sixth form enrolment processes).

GRADE: H9 on the Hertfordshire support staff pay range (FTE: £33,712-£36,249) (pro-rata: £29,741-£31,979) (this is pending a pay rise to be agreed from 1 April 2022).

Are you seeking an opportunity to lead careers in a dynamic school? If so, St Mary’s CE High School is looking for you to join us in this newly created role as Careers Lead and Advisor.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Careers Adviser (who has achieved the Level 6 accreditation) to join our school, to provide careers advice, guidance and support to individuals and groups of young people from Year 7 through to Year 13.

You will produce tailored careers information, advice, and guidance to meet the needs of our young people, as well as conducting personal advice interviews in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. You will lead programmes and activities across all ages in the school, that open the students’ minds to the world of further and higher education, as well as apprenticeships and employability. You will support the planning of the areas of our PSHE programme that relate to careers and employability, as well as planning and delivering Work Experience in Year 10 and Year 12.

In return we will support you with your ongoing professional development and membership of a professional body such as the Career Development Institute.

The school takes induction for those new to the school, and their continuing professional development very seriously. Please read what the Head Teacher has to say about this here: Induction and Development.

Applicants do not need to be practising Christians, but would be expected to uphold our Christian principles of trust, forgiveness, compassion, thankfulness, friendship and love, as well as our vision where, ‘Through God’s love, we are the rich soil where seeds flourish and roots grow’.

Please complete the St Mary’s application form which is downloadable from the website.

Please note that safeguarding students of the School is a priority.  All appointments to posts in the School are made through stringent adherence to the requirements of ‘Keeping Children safe in Education’. As there is a high degree of contact with children an enhanced disclosure will be sought for this post through the Criminal Records Bureau as part of pre-employment checks.

Application Deadline: 9am Monday 6 June 2022*

Interviews: w/c 13 June 2022

Start date: 1 September 2022


*Please note the school holidays are from 28 May to 5 June – if you have any queries during this time, please email the Head Teacher Nicholas Simms on head@st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk 


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About St Mary's Church of England High School

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At St Mary’s, Cheshunt, the Governors believe that staff are the most important resource in the delivery of a high quality education provision for children and young people. The recruitment of high quality staff is critical to the success of a high performing school.

Our School is in a very strong position having been judged to be GOOD by Ofsted in October 2023. The report says

  • Pupils live up to leaders’ expectations of their behaviour. Pupils follow the      well-established routines in lessons and usually focus on learning.
  • Pupils behave well and treat each other with kindness.
  • The school  has a well-designed, ambitious curriculum. This is evident in the good      quality of pupils’ learning demonstrated in lessons and in their books.
  • Pupils speak enthusiastically about their learning from the educational visits to      local, national, and international sites of interest.
  • Pupils are proud of their school.


All members of staff – whether working in the classroom or in the non-classroom based support teams – are valued equally and each has a part to play in working together to achieve success . Our recent successes and continued improvement profile can be attributed to our work as a team and recognition that we all contribute to support of all students and their families. This makes for an effective and efficient school, where students from all backgrounds are supported to make good progress.

Staff wellbeing is valued and an important aspect of work at St Mary’s and this is recognised in our recent inspection reports. The wellbeing of staff is important because staff are expected to work very hard and to maintain very high standards at all times. In return staff are well supported, provided with effective and regular training and high quality performance appraisal. In addition, the governors are committed to providing teaching staff with increased non contact time to support high quality planning and assessment for learning. Staff feedback tells us that staff are made to feel very welcome at St Mary’s and that there is an excellent culture of peer and collaborative support.

The staffing structures of the School provide clear opportunities to support progression and professional development. A member of the senior leadership team is responsible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and programmes to support staff at all stages of their career and aspiration.

New staff are entitled to an induction programme and network of personal support appropriate to experience and level of confidence. CPD is tailored to meet the needs of staff and staff are given opportunities to contribute to whole school improvement. The Headteacher takes induction of staff seriously (see here https://st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk/staff-induction/) and all new staff receive an induction programme that links to their role (whether that be teacher or leader, or a combination of these). There is also a robust performance management appraisal system reflecting a commitment to individual career development as well as underlining the expectation of high levels of performance to secure the continued success of our community.

Our multi-cultural student population is lively and engaging. The students have a wide range of needs including those who demand high levels of intellectual challenge and those who require carefully planned support. The future for St Mary’s CE High School is exciting and we welcome all potential or new colleagues to visit our learning community. If you are interested in hearing about opportunities at St Mary’s, visiting our School or applying for a post, please contact Pauline Llewellyn, HR Officer on recruit@st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk

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