The Governing Body of Thursby Primary School are looking to appoint an inspirational Headteacher.

Thursby school is thriving, pupils are engaged and enthusiastic and are at the heart of everything that we do. Our new Headteacher should be able to demonstrate strong leadership with the ability to successfully motivate and develop the team around them. Our team in school are professional, motivated and are positively engaged in the school along with strong subject leadership. 

Our new Headteacher should be continually aiming for excellence but most importantly they should be kind, have the belief that anything is possible and be able to foster this belief in those around them. The candidate is expected to have a deep understanding of SEND and the SENDCo role. 

The successful candidate will have the energy and passion to lead a successful and safe school and will: 

•     Profess leadership experience with a proven record of continued whole school improvement 
•     Be a resilient, confident leader
•     SENDCo experience 
•     Have the ability to manage school budgets and costs 
•     Have a natural ability to develop the team and the structure around them
•     Have a proven practitioner record, demonstrating best practices
•     Working across key stages
•     Be a creative thinker 
•     Have experience of leading a team into framework inspections 

Thursby School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Therefore, we expect all workers and employees to share this commitment. As you’d expect, the appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including Enhanced criminal records with Barred List checking through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), in line with the Government’s Safer Recruitment guidelines. 

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. 

Applications:
Application packs can be downloaded from the school website: www.thursby.cumbria.sch.uk 

Completed applications, along with a personal statement of no more than two A4 sides (font 12) should be submitted by email to clerk@thursby.cumbria.sch.uk.

If you wish to visit the school on one of the tour dates listed below, please confirm your attendance at least 24 hours before by email to clerk@thursby.cumbria.sch

School Tour dates Wednesday 16th October 1.15 pm & Monday 21st October 9.30 am

Closing Date for Applications Friday 8th November 12 noon

Shortlisting Thursday 14th November

Interviews, 2 day process Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th December 

Band E, Point 1 to 2 £29,777 to £30,296, (Pro Rata £26,154,74 - £26,610.64)
Term Time
Working hours: 8:00am-4:00pm Monday to Thursday, 8:00am-3:30pm Friday
37 hours (40 weeks)

Please note that where continuous service from previous employment applies, subject to terms and conditions, the pro rata salary would be re-calculated based on the applicable service of the successful candidate. The pro rata salaries stated on this advert have been calculated with no relevant continuous service.

The Successful Candidate will:
•         Conduct supervision of work that has been set in accordance with school policy.
•         Manage the behaviour of pupils whilst they are undertaking work to ensure a constructive environment.
•         Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
•         Respond to any questions from pupils about process and procedure.
•         Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures.
•         Collect any completed work after the lesson and return it to the appropriate teacher.
•         Report back as appropriate using the school’s agreed referral procedures on the behaviour of pupils during the class, and any issues arising.
•         Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom
•         Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
•         Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities.
•         Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self- reliance.
•         Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement.
•        Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.

The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy should an effective number of applicants be received. Early applications are encouraged.

If you experience any issues whilst using MyNewTerm,  then please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team via email, hr@changinglives.education or T: 01946 820 356.

Changing Lives Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.

For further details about this role, please visit our website https://mynewterm.com/jobs/135632/EDV-2024-WLA-16069 

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Closing date is 09:00 Thursday 10th October 2024 
 

The successful candidate will:
•    Be an acknowledged outstanding practitioner of Physics
•    Have a clear understanding of the characteristics of high quality teaching and proven experience of teaching across the whole age, ability and behaviour range
•    Be able to demonstrate their commitment to our students
•    Work closely with senior leaders to agree strategies for improvements
•    Be approachable and of empathetic character in order to engage and support colleagues in improving their practice but at the same time being fair and consistent in expectations
•    Motivate both colleagues and students to work hard and try their best through passing on to them their infectious enthusiasm and passion for their subject!
•    Actively share good practice and seek to explore ways to improve their own and others’ teaching
•    Work hard to ensure all students make at least expected progress irrespective of their starting point and individual needs
•    Understand that behaviour management starts with the quality of teaching in the classroom
•    Demonstrate leadership qualities including personal resilience, drive and initiative and role model those personal qualities we wish to see in all our staff and in still in our young people
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy should an effective number of applicants be received. Early applications are encouraged.

If you experience any issues whilst using MyNewTerm,  then please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team via email, hr@changinglives.education or T: 01946 820 356.

Changing Lives Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.

For further details about this role, please visit our website 
https://mynewterm.com/jobs/135632/EDV-2024-WLA-15677 

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Closing date is 09:00 Monday 14 October 2024 

School Administrator Level 2 (20 hrs per week) and Clerk Level 1 (1.5 hrs per week) 

Please note – CVs are not sufficient for the application process.  Correct application forms are available on request or from the school website in the  ‘About Us’, ‘Vacancies’ section.

Lorton Primary School has a vacancy for a School Administrator to join our friendly, rural school, from 4th November or as soon as possible thereafter.  We are proud of our happy well-behaved children and have supportive parents, a committed Local Governing Body and much community involvement and support.  

We are seeking an organised, calm and approachable person with relevant skills and experience to run our busy school office and play a key part in the smooth running of the school.  

You will need to be able to deal with everything from visitors to the school, finance queries, first aid and jammed paper in the photocopier to answering the phones, following up absence and ordering resources, often simultaneously!

The ideal candidate will need to have:
•    Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and be able to remain calm and professional under pressure
•    Strong ICT, literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to operate relevant databases/ICT applications
•    The ability to work well both as part of a team and independently, using their own initiative and maintaining confidentiality
•    A positive, enthusiastic, flexible and caring approach and willingness to be involved in the life of the school 
•    Good communication skills so that they can relate well to children, staff, parents and the community
•    A good sense of humour and interest in learning new skills.

The Admin post is for 20 hours per week, ideally 8am – 12noon, 5 days a week (there could be some flexibility), plus 1.5 hours per week for the Clerk role (to include attendance at some meetings after school hours).

The post is term time only plus two weeks.  

Admin role: Grade 6 SCP7&8 (BS6) (£25584-25992 pro rata, approx. £13.30-13.50 per hour); Clerk role: Grade 3 SCP3-4 (£24404 pro rata, approx. £12.68)

Visits to the school are welcome by appointment.  

Please email headofschool@lorton.cumbria.sch.uk or phone 01900 85919 to request further information or arrange a visit.  

An application form and further information is also available on the school website www.lorton.cumbria.sch.uk (in the ‘About Us’, ‘Vacancies’ section).  

It may also be possible to combine these posts with a Clerk to the LGB post in another of the Trust schools (Dean CE Primary School). 

Lorton School & the Good Shepherd Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in its care and expect all staff to share this commitment. We recognise that an important element in keeping children safe from harm is to ensure that unsuitable people do not have access to the school.

Applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment checks which will include excellent references (to include an assessment of the candidate’s suitability to work in a school), health, right to work in the UK and Disclosure and Barring Service.  

The successful candidate will be expected to follow and contribute to the school’s policy for Child Protection (available from the school and on the school website).  

All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed.  

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of sex, race, gender, religion or belief, marital status or disability.

Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday 10th October 2024.  

We anticipate interviewing on Thursday 17th October 2024
 

Required November 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Permanent part time post - 20 hours per week 
SCP 4 fixed point £23,114 per annum pro rata 
(actual salary for 20 hours per week, £12,494 per annum) 
               
We are looking for a reliable and preferably experienced person to join our cleaning team to provide a clean and hygienic environment in Campus Whitehaven. You may be working in St Benedict’s School and/or Mayfield School.

We are happy to accept applications from individuals who wish to work 10 hours per week. Hours of work will usually be between 3.00 and 7.30pm Monday to Friday.  

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to work during the school closure periods. 

St Benedict’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.  All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines.  This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.  

Please download further information and an application form from our website at 
www.st-benedicts.cumbria.sch.uk  

Applications are to be made by completed CES Application Form to Andrea Hartley, HR Manager at andrea.hartley@st-benedicts.cumbria.sch.uk   

We are sorry that we are unable to accept CVs.  

Closing date for applications: noon on Friday, 18th October 2024
Interviews will be held shortly thereafter