Student Support Manager
Ark Kings Academy
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark Support Scale 8 Points 27-34 Outside London (£24,904-£31,064)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019
- Apply by:
- 3 July 2019
Job overview
Student Support Manager (based on Primary site)
Ark Kings – a small school, big family; transforming the lives of our students
Start date: September 2019
Salary: Ark Support Scale 8 Points 27-34 Outside London (£24,904-£31,064)
Hours: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
Nearest train station/transport links: five minute drive from the M42, Junction 2, Kings Norton Station (25 mins walk), bus routes including the 35, 45, 49 and 84
Deadline: 10am, Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Ofsted: Good in all areas (2016)
Visits to our school are encouraged. To arrange, please call 0121 459 4451.
Ark Kings Academy was named as the most improved academy in the country just three years after joining the Ark network. Join us in transforming our school and having a real impact on our students’ lives.
As a Student Support Manager, you will join a strong staff community in being responsible for supporting students, parents, teachers and the academy to establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which children can make good academic progress. In the role, you will provide high quality, well-planned pastoral support and guidance to students and their families to promote high expectations raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress. They will enable students to develop personal excellence and a sense of pride within the academy.
The successful candidate will:
• Have strong communication skills and act as the first point of call for parents with queries about support for their child.
• Be able to analyse student data to diagnose concerns and plan action.
• Be able to prepare documentation for liaising with other stakeholders involved in the pastoral care of students both within and outside the academy.
• Be strong with behaviour management ensuring calm quiet movement of students around the building.
• Be able to facilitate the supervision of students during break and lunchtime as well as the beginning and the end of the school day, ensuring orderly behaviour.
• Be able to organise and lead on a range of events to raise student’s aspirations such as assemblies, training sessions, celebrations and transition events.
• Be able to support teaching staff by providing pastoral expertise and advice as and when required.
"We are a big family and we know that we are moving forward and making a difference. Every day we’re opening students’ eyes to opportunities in Birmingham and beyond, students that may have otherwise been forgotten about. Our progress so far has been incredible and we know that one day we will be an outstanding school.”– Staff member at Ark Kings Academy
We employ an open-door policy that extends to all staff and students, to encourage a collaborative working environment. Staff receive regular training sessions to nurture professional progression at every stage.
The leadership team is approachable and always on hand to provide help where needed. At Kings, your hard work will never go unappreciated. From staff shout outs in weekly meetings to half-termly staff buffets, we ensure there is a culture of recognition and reward.
As a staff member at Ark Kings Academy, you will be part of Ark, an international charity and one of the UK's most successful multi-academy trusts, with a network of 35 schools in 4 locations across the country. Click here to find out more about the benefits of work for Ark Kings Academy.
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About Ark Kings Academy
- Ark Kings Academy
- Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B38 9DE
- United Kingdom
Ark Kings Academy is an all-through school in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham admitting pupils from Nursery - Year 11. We expect our students to achieve academic excellence and to make a positive contribution both to the academy and the wider community that we serve.
Our Vision
At Ark Kings Academy every student will make excellent progress, develop outstanding character and be successful in life, education and employment.
Our School Values
Our school values 'Aspire. Expect. Achieve. Together’ capture the essence of our school.
- Every student is encouraged and helped to Aspire, to great things in their lives – both what they can do now and what they can be and will do in the future.
- Every student can Expect to be taught well in an orderly and industrious environment and in return can Expect to work hard, be respectful of others and make no excuses.
- Every student can Achieve. We won’t accept any excuses and we won’t make any either. We will do whatever we can to help ensure each student can be successful succeeds each and every day.
- Together we are a big family.
We were rated as "good" in all areas in our 2016 Ofsted inspection. Read the full report here.
Curriculum
Our curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of the community of students we serve.
We promote reading and vocabulary and prioritise exposing our students to a wealth of vocabulary in different contexts.
We promote the identification of our students as global citizens – aspirational, respectful, values driven.
We provide our students with the cultural capital they need go on to be successful in the next phase of their education and beyond.
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