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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR DATA
Scale 4 £11,129 (actual salary)
25 hours per week (flexibility in working patterns)
Term time plus 2 weeks in school closure periods.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Thurstable School for an Administrator to support our school and staff team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, well organised and accurate admin person with a keen eye for detail. The role will cover a range of office functions with specific responsibility for entering information onto databases and assisting with data management within the school. You will be joining a professional, friendly, and supportive team.
We are looking for someone that has a can-do attitude, is an excellent team player and who is willing to get involved in all aspects of school administration. You must have the ability to establish good working relationships both within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
The post holder will be required to work various dates in the summer holidays including examination results days and during the last week of the summer holidays.
Thurstable is a highly successful 11-18 school which achieved some of the strongest examination results in the country in in recent years. Our recent Ofsted report in April 2016 recognised at least some of our strengths, and noted that 'the vast majority of staff are incredibly positive and proud to be working at Thurstable School'.
To apply please complete an application form which can be downloaded from our website www.thurstable.essex.sch.uk/Current-Vacancies detailing in your supporting statement the reasons why you want to work at Thurstable School and what skills could bring to the role and the team.
Number on roll: 1050 Visits Welcome
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Information about the School
Thank you for taking an interest in joining us as at Thurstable School.
Thurstable School is an ambitious and successful 11-19 academy with 1209 students, located in Tiptree near Colchester in Essex. We are a school on a journey as seen by our excellent outcomes at KS4 in 2022 and our vision is to be a school of character and excellence. Our three guiding values are Aspire, Respect & Endeavour and our mission is to build knowledge and grow character so that as well as flourishing as scholars our students will thrive in life and be the best versions of themselves.
Why join us?
● Every minute counts and our classrooms are disruption free. To enable this we have a simple and centralised approach to behaviour centred on a warm/strict philosophy and shared routines. All detentions are centralised and overseen by senior staff. It is these routines that allow the positive student-staff relationships to flourish.
● We believe that you are the expert. We promote the importance of teacher led lessons based on brilliant subject knowledge, great explanations and skilful questioning. We are committed to helping you continue to develop your subject knowledge and pedagogy.
● We take CPD seriously and we are one of just 8 Steplab Hub schools in England for the quality of our Instructional Coaching model which is based on Rosenshine and Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion. All staff receive one to one coaching for at least and we believe in improving not proving so our appraisal process is linked to engagement in CPD not student grades.
● We are committed to staff wellbeing and adopting sensible approaches to workload. We recognise the efforts and achievements of all our staff on a weekly basis and never take anyone’s work for granted.
● We are on a journey of which you can be a driving part. Our school improvement groups, led by non-SLT members, are crucial to driving change in the school and this year played a key role in shaping our behaviour policy, uniform and staff development model.
We believe this is an exciting time to join the school and help our students reach their undoubted full potential. If you can dream big, work hard and also have a sense of fun, I genuinely believe that you will really enjoy working at Thurstable.
Our website provides a clear picture of our aspirations and our vision; however, please do not hesitate to contact us to seek further information.
We very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities, values and experiences support and reflect ours. We welcome visits or conversations with prospective applicants.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.
We look forward to hearing from you soon