Wellbeing Officer (linked to Sixth Form)
Newport Girls' High School
Newport, Telford and Wrekin
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 4
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2019
Job overview
The Headteacher and Governors of Newport Girls' High School (a successful, high achieving selective school in Newport, near Telford) wish to appoint a Wellbeing Officer, with a particular focus on supporting students in our Sixth Form. This is a new post and isavailable for 25 hours per week term time only. It will be paid on the new Scale 4 NJC tariff. The hours have been considered to suit those who might want flexible working (school pick-ups etc.) and will be 9.30am-3.00pm daily, but there is scope to consider alternatives to fit in with flexible working for the right candidate.
The job pack includes a job description, person specification and more information about the school.
We are keen to appoint the right person to complement our outstanding pastoral team, which comprises teachers and support staff. Skills in supporting young people (aged 16+) with emotional wellbeing, mental health, improving attendance and knowledge of local support providers would be very beneficial.
NGHS is a lovely place to work with kind, hard-working students and dedicated colleagues. Staff wellbeing is high on our agenda and we support colleagues whenever we can.
Interested applicants should contact the Headteacher with any questions: headteacher@nghs.org.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 28 June with interviews likely on Friday 5 July.
Attached documents
About Newport Girls' High School
Newport Girls’ High School is a girls' grammar school located in the market town of Newport, Shropshire. With around 680 pupils aged 11-18, the school is a selective academy, with entrance examinations required of any prospective students.
In 2019, the School was successful in gaining £2.3m to expand further under the government's Selective Schools Expansion Fund. An additional 30 pupils per year joined the school at Year 7 from September 2021 and an ambitious building programme (dining room, kitchen, science laboratory, computer suite and four classrooms) opened in January 2022.
The school’s sixth form is also open to students from other local schools. Newport Girls' High School converted to an academy in 2012 and operates under its own trust.
Interim Headteacher
Miss S Webster
Values and vision
Newport Girls' High School takes great pride in its strong reputation for academic excellence. The secondary school works hard to provide a high-quality curriculum with a broad range of subjects. Teachers also seek to ensure that pupils have a caring and comfortable environment in which to learn.
The school day at Newport runs from 8.50am until 3.45pm in order to make time for daily assemblies and longer breaks. A wide variety of extra-curricular activities is available including sports such as fencing, netball and hockey.
Students join NGHS from Newport, Telford, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Market Drayton and villages in between. Around 40% of students live in Newport.
Ofsted report (November 2022)
"Leaders and teachers are highly ambitious for all pupils throughout the school, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They make sure that the most important knowledge and skills in each subject are taught in the most effective sequence."
"Pupils rapidly develop the exceptionally positive learning behaviours expected by leaders and teachers. There is no disruption of lessons."
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