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Volunteers in education settings help to improve the learning experience of our children, and often have an impact even after they have left. They aren't accountable for the outcomes of the children they work with in the same way that teachers are, meaning that their roles can offer a way to work in education without the pressure of a permanent job.

Volunteers might be parents, college or university students, or other adults in the local area — you don't need any experience working with children in order to become one.

In the classroom, your volunteer work could include:

• Listening to children read. Reading is an extremely important skill for children to learn, but can be difficult to acquire. Any time and help that you can give could make a huge difference to children's future achievements levels in school. Additionally, you might be asked to read to children — this can be of great benefit to their language and literacy development.

• Sharing your professional skills. For example, if you're a doctor, you could talk about healthy living to give children an up-to-date, specialist perspective on an area of the curriculum.

• Helping on school trips. Schools need a certain number of adults to go with them on trips, but they can't always spare the teaching staff. If you can make up the numbers, it means they have the opportunity to give children these enriching experiences that they may not otherwise be able to have.

• Taking on classroom assistant duties. To support the teacher, volunteer classroom assistants might check children's planners, get them settled as they arrive in the morning, photocopy worksheets, design displays, answer questions in the lesson, work one-to-one or in small groups, and do story time. This gives the teacher more time to focus on teaching the lesson content — together, you can make an excellent team.

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff, volunteers and Governors to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.   

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity. 

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