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Midday Assistant
Ford End VC of E Primary School, Chelmsford
Required: ASAP
Contract Type: Part-Time, Permanent
Salary: Scale 2.2 (£22,366) Actual Salary £2,269 p.a.
Hours: 4.5 per week, 38 weeks per year
FTA: 10.15%
Application Deadline: 25/09/2024
Building Great Learning Communities
Our Mission is 'To build great learning communities wher children flourish'. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a Midday Assistant at Ford End VC of E Primary School to provide a safe and positive lunch-time experience. The successful candidate will:
- Share our passion and commitment to building great learning communities for our pupils
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be professional, approachable and caring
- Have first aid knowledge
- Enjoy working with children (experience preferred but not essential)
- Work as part of a team
The successful candidate will become part of a small, friendly village school with an ethos rooted in Christianity. The school is committed to providing the very best learning opportunities for the pupils in a safe, secure and friendly environment.
In return we can offer you:
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Happy, friendly and well-behaved pupils
- A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community with a family feel
- High quality continuous professional development
- An all-inclusive and supportive Senior Leadership Team and Multi-Academy Trust
- 24Hr wellbeing support package & free flu vaccinations
- Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust's employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24 hour a day access to a GP helpline for you and those within your household, a counselling service, stress management, weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Links with the local community, including our charity partner, The Trussell Trust Food Bank
- Close proximity to Chelmsford and other local towns and villages
- Retail discounts
Applications:
Please forward your completed application form, together with a letter of application and supporting paperwork to Ms Melissa Taylor at recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com by 25th September2024. A copy of the school's Support Colleague Application Form can be found on the school website www.fordendschool.com. Shortlisting and interviews will take place shortly after. The school reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date.
For further information about this role, please contact Vicky Smith, Head ofPeople via email at recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com. Visits to the school are welcomed.
The Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and all parts of the community, particularly people from ethnic minorities who are currently under-represented. LIFE Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
Information about the School
Ford End CE VC Primary School is an excellent school and has provided a broad and balanced education for children aged 4 – 11 years in the village of Ford End and its surrounding villages since 1872.
We are a school that prides itself on balancing good academic standards with caring, supportive pastoral care. Our SATs results are at national standard or above and are continuing to improve. In February 2018, Ofsted called our school, “a caring, welcoming school in which pupils develop a sense of security needed to become confident learners” where “pupils are polite, eager and cooperative in their learning.” They praised the fact that pupils, parents and staff are proud to be part of our school with one parent stating that staff, “go above and beyond to care for the children.” Through working with the dynamic LIFE Education Trust and schools in our River Chelmer Partnership, we are continuing to develop our holistic approach which supports the physical, moral and spiritual development of our pupils. We offer a wide range of clubs out of the school day. We are fully committed to the beliefs of LIFE Education Trust: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion, which we believe support our Christian foundation and our distinctive Christian ethos and build great learning communities.
Our expectations are high for both pupils and staff and we believe in being aspirational. Our motto is “Hope and a Future” and we aim to give all our children the tools they need to flourish and prosper. Our Vision, “ For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you; plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11, support us all in our endeavours to achieve this.
Ford End is a wonderful school with delightful children who are a joy to teach and support, and together with LIFE Education Trust, we will continue to serve our community and give all our children the hope they need for a fulfilled and successful future.