Midday Assistants

Job Description

St Clere's School

Butts Lane, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW

Wishes to appoint

Midday Assistants

Salary: Thurrock Band A Point 1 - 6

(£2,538.16 - £2,727.61 per annum)

5 hours per week

Monday - Friday 12:30pm - 1:30pm

37 weeks per year, term time only

Overtime may be available for breaktimes and adhoc work

Start Date: June 2024

Are you looking for a part-time role that could offer you entry into becoming a Teaching Assistant?

A new opportunity has arisen for two Midday Assistants to join our successful team supporting students at lunchtime. St Clere's School are seeking to appoint two enthusiastic, caring, committed and flexible Midday Assistants, to supervise at lunchtime on playgrounds or in the dining hall.

The position will require the successful candidate to supervise the pupils' activities at lunchtime, ensuring high standards of health & safety and wellbeing. The role of the Midday Assistant is to promote good standards of behaviour whilst supporting and supervising the students. The Midday Assistant should act as a responsible, caring person, always with the welfare of the pupils in mind. It is essential to have a positive attitude with the ability to communicate with students in a firm but fair manner.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate patience and show a commitment to supporting students. This role would be suited to someone enthusiastic, personable, empathetic and able to communicate effectively, whilst maintaining a calm and professional manner, under pressure.

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to supporting the right candidates who have a keen interest in progressing to a teaching assistant and seeking career development. This would be a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to gain school-based experience. The Trust believes in career progression and some of our previous Midday Assistants have moved on to other roles within the school and the trust.

St Clere's School is a high achieving, oversubscribed school with a "Good" Ofsted rating and consistently high student outcomes, demand for places is increasing year on year. We are a popular choice for families because our students succeed in many ways and are taught by staff who teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has great facilities.  

'Persequi Optima' (the pursuit of excellence) is our school motto and our mission is to provide a high-quality, comprehensive and meaningful education for all learners. We do this by providing an engaging curriculum in a safe and inspirational environment where high standards and expectations encourage success. We aim to empower our learners so they can apply their acquired skills or knowledge and confidently express themselves throughout their lives and future careers. Our high standards are achieved through effective leadership, outstanding teaching and committed stakeholder engagement from the Trust, Governance and community. 

St Clere's School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools' Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people. 

What the school can offer:  

· Support from highly experienced SLT members and the wider trust network

· Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance   

· Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools  

· Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust   

· Fully Subsided Employee Assistance Programme    

· Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff  

· National Conditions of Service  

· Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme 

If you feel the school would suit you, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Abbie Stonehouse hr@osborne.coop or 01375 648901. 

St Clere's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of, and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.    

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website, Vacancies in our Trust (osborne.coop)   

Closing date: Wednesday 15th May 2024, Midday

Interview date: Monday 20th May 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Information about the School

St Clere’s School is a secondary school and Co-operative Academy with an ethos that promotes excellence for all. Everything we do is underpinned by Co-operative values that guide and develop our students through their education to become successful, responsible and confident adults. We work in partnership with a family of schools including East Tilbury Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope Primary School, Thameside Primary School, Arthur Bugler Primary School and Brentwood County High School. Due to our excellent Science facilities and results, we were awarded Specialist Science College status in 2010. We have since been awarded a second specialism in Sport because of our outstanding amenities and standards.

We have over 1100 students here, who are busy finding out that learning can be enjoyable and will bring them greater opportunities in life. Our well-qualified staff teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has exceptional standards.

St Clere’s School is located on the edge of Stanford-le-Hope, a short distance from the A13, and is surrounded by a large expanse of playing fields, which enable us to enjoy a vast array of sports. We have a range of facilities including a state of the art Drama studio, an Apple Mac suite, fully refurbished Science labs, Sports Pavilion, 3G all weather floodlit pitch, tennis courts and an exceptionally well-stocked Library with research and quiet study space. In addition, we have classrooms with up-to-date ICT resources, which enhance the teaching for all students and provide a comfortable environment in which to learn.

Our reputation is one of very high academic standards and outstanding pupil conduct. St Clere’s School has gone from strength to strength and the past few years, St. Clere's School pupils have achieved significantly above national results. The Maths department have continued their trend of results, high in the 80s where one third of pupils left with a top grade of 7 to 9. The English department has also mirrored that success with results high in the 80s and significantly above national. Additionally, our progress score continues to be a solid positive and our Ebacc results are above national. Both ICT and separate sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) were 100% A* to C. These results are significantly above national figures and some of the best results in the history of our school, demonstrating: high quality teaching and learning; continuous dedication of staff and the engagement for learning of our pupils. All of this is evident on a daily basis at St Clere’s School.