Start date: September 2024
Closing date: 3rd
July 2024. 9.00am
Shortlisting date: 3rd
July
Interview date: To be confirmed
Salary Range: Salary (to be confirmed based on experience): G4 – Actual £16,088 - £16,357 (FTE £23,114 - £23,500), G5 – Actual £16,357 - £16,909 (FTE £23,500 - £24,294) Plus £500 recruitment incentive
Kingsdown
School has so much to offer new colleagues which includes a fantastic learning
environment, ambitious and aspirational students with high standards of
behaviour and the opportunity to work with incredibly talented teachers,
leaders and professional support staff.
A £500 recruitment incentive (R&R) payment will be
paid for successful candidates applying directly to RLT for this role, payable
after a qualifying period of three months in this role (payable as £250 after 3
months service and a further £250 after 6 months service has been
completed). Please see our attached information sheet for more details.
What are we looking for in our new Education Support Champion (TA):
This
is an exciting opportunity to play a fundamental role in removing a key barrier
to learning and raise aspirations amongst our students. Working alongside a
highly motivated team within Inclusion, you will have responsibility for
planning and delivering targeted interventions to identified students who need
additional support. You will also support students during lessons to
help them become independent learners.
You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to
encourage students to become independent learners, to provide support for their
welfare, and to support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of school life.
The successful candidate will be able to communicate effectively and
appropriately with staff, students and parents.
The working pattern for September is currently under consultation and is planned to be Monday to Friday, 30 hours per week (8.15am to 3.15pm Monday, 8.15am to 2.45pm Tuesday – Friday, with a break of 40 minutes).
You will learn more about our Wheel of Excellence from our website and when you visit. Do please take a look at our website kingsdownschool.co.uk.
What will and can we offer you:
By joining
our Kingsdown family you will join a team who genuinely cares and
champions each and every student and each and every member of the Kingsdown
team.
At
Kingsdown, we know that staff and students thrive in a ‘healthy work culture’
and the wellbeing of staff and student outcomes is inextricably linked.
We are committed to providing the best working and learning environment for
all. The RLT has a staff charter and strong values, we uphold these
values and commitments, and further build on these with our Wellbeing Strategy.
One of the core
values of the RLT is that ‘everyone is learning’ and at Kingsdown we ensure
each person has the personalised CPLD that they deserve. We do this through a
variety of programmes, including our Restless Teacher Programme that allows all
staff to take a lead on their own professional development, with the support of
colleagues within the school. We are also very excited to be launching our
coaching model this year, to allow staff the opportunity to be coached and
develop their teaching practice further, whatever stage of their career they
are in. High quality CPLD and training
are an integral part of our meeting schedule and time is given to curriculum
teams to collaborate and learn from each other.
Alongside this we have a personalised induction programme that allows
for new staff members to join us feeling supported and welcomed from day
one. All ECTs have time with their
mentors each week and with our team of Professional tutors.
Education
has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT
we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and
communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by
a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to
shared principles.
OUR VISION
is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably:
to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’
is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as
part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’
is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other,
underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including
extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities,
wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS
and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for
the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working
in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated
activity relevant to children.
The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT
Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer
Recruitment Documents for Candidates
This post
is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to
the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants
click on this link List of
offences that are not filtered
Laura Burgoyne
01793 837087
recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk