St Giles Spencer Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable and committed Mini-Bus Driver to start as soon as possible on a part-time, term time only basis. The post is for 14 hours per week; 2 days a week (8.30am – 4pm) either working a Monday and Tuesday OR a Tuesday and Friday. The position will involve safely transporting our children between school site and off-site for educational visits.

The successful candidate must:

• Have experience of driving a large vehicle
• Have a clean driving licence (held for at least 2 years)
• Hold a current, clean and valid driving licence D1 unrestricted or a PBVC driving licence or D1 restricted (car licence obtained prior to 01/01/1997)
• Be aged 25+ (for insurance purposes)

The role:

• Are you passionate about providing a ‘world class’ education for pupils with special educational needs, ensuring that they reach their full potential
• Are you prepared to get messy, join in with the fun and be outdoors on a regular basis so that your pupils learning is inspiring and creative?
• Do you want to join a high performing team of staff who are committed to going that ‘extra mile’ to provide the very best of our pupils and their families?

If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of the above, then we would like to receive an application from you!

We are proud of what we do at St Giles Spencer Academy and our recent school achievements are a result of a great team effort amongst pupils and their families, Governors and staff:

Ofsted ‘Outstanding’
Learning Outside the Classroom Gold Mark
The Balanced System 
Inclusion Quality Mark - Flagship Status 
Autism Accreditation 
Shine a Light - SEN School of the Year
International School's Award
Arts Mark - Gold
Family First Award
Sports Mark - Bronze Award
Makaton Friendly Award
I Can - 'Primary Talk' Accreditation  

If you want to be part of an innovative, forward thinking and outward facing special school who are genuinely committed to investing in your professional development, then St Giles could be the academy for you. 

If you would like to visit St Giles Spencer Academy before the closing date, please contact the school via 01332 343039 or info@stgilesspencer.org.uk.   

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged.  

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer