Job Description
Download printable version
Our school community is seeking to appoint an excellent administrator to join our elite team of professional colleagues. The successful candidate will provide outstanding standards of administration support and student care. They will exude the positive culture that makes our school so special, and be an outstanding team member.
This position is for one day a week (currently Wednesdays) with the opportunity for additional shifts to cover absent colleagues. Full training will be provided, but a history of successful customer facing support is essential.
We will offer:
- An ambitious and forward-looking community
- A very supportive and dedicated team of professional colleagues
- The opportunity to improve systems that have a direct impact on organisational effectiveness and the lives of young people
- A team philosophy requiring adaptation and constant improvement
We are seeking an excellent administrator with:
- A proven record of effective administration skills and attributes in practice
- Integrity, professionalism, energy and initiative
- Highly effective communication skills with a range of stakeholders
- A friendly and caring nature, focussed on supporting children's health and wellbeing
- An adaptable nature and growth mindset, adjusting to changing needs within the administration team
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Applications must be accompanied with a full and detailed personal statement exemplifying your skillset, experience, and how the requirements of the post will be achieved.
St. George's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all persons at the school to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a DBS clearance, medical checks and satisfactory references.
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 24th May 2022 at noon
Information about the School
We are passionate about our school. Why? … you ask.
It’s simple really. St. George’s School is at the heart our community. It is a well-established school with a sense of pride, community spirit and values. It is also a school which is proud to be pushing forward; developing increasingly effective teaching and learning strategies that support all of our children … a truly inclusive place to be.
We are focused on improving many aspects of school life. We promote a love of reading for all children, grow skilled writers and mathematicians and support children effectively in both their learning and well-being. We aim to provide an engaging curriculum for all our young learners through interest, breadth and depth, and offer excellent facilities.
Our school is one that has been on an exciting journey of development. Formed from previous separate infant and junior schools in 2021, our newly formed primary school serves the community of New Town and beyond, and is committed to be inclusive of all.
Many of our classrooms are newly refurbished and are lovely places to teach and learn. With capacity for 680 children, including our own nursery, we are one of the largest primary settings in the area, and provide a true team ethos in which to grow professionally.
However, we still have much to do and believe that, by working in partnership to achieve a common purpose, we can continue to provide a school that is at the cutting edge of educational practice. We are graded 'Good' by Ofsted (2023) and are an Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence. In the last available value added benchmarks we were one of the highest rated schools in the locality.
We know that success is drawn from professional cooperation and partnership. We are therefore trustees of the Child First Trust, participants in Partners in Excellence (PiXL) and active members of a local schools’ partnership, newly launched in April this year. These networks enable teachers and leaders to learn from each other, and provide mutual support across schools. We encourage our teachers to develop themselves further through national qualifications, and give them a real and meaningful voice in the advancement of our practice and curriculum offer. Professionally, it is a great place to be.
So, as you can see, we really are passionate about our school and recognise that through enabling inspirational teaching, learning and leadership, we will set the school well on the way to improving further still.
The Headteacher and Governing Body