Academic Advisor
Caldew School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5 7NN3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 3 years in the first instance
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37537 - £38453
Pay scale
- CE11
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about guiding the next generation of high achievers? Do you have the vision and drive to support more able students in reaching their full potential – academically, pastorally and professionally?
Here at Caldew, we are seeking to appoint a full-time Academic Advisor to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact by mentoring, challenging, and supporting our most academically capable learners as they navigate their educational journeys and plan for ambitious futures.
The Academic Advisor will provide tailored support to more able students in Years 7-13, ensuring they are appropriately challenged, motivated, and equipped to achieve their potential. The role involves delivering careers advice, monitoring academic progress and attendance, and implementing enrichment programmes designed to develop key skills such as leadership, critical thinking, and resilience.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, proactive and student focused with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
Caldew is a well-established secondary school in the Dalston area of Carlisle. This is an exciting time to join Caldew School. We have had a significant investment from the Cumberland Support Trust that is enabling us to improve our facilities, provide high quality professional development for our staff and give our students opportunities, experiences and support that will raise their aspirations and achievement.
What the school offers its staff
Wellbeing support
Cycle to work scheme
Retail discounts
Commitment to safeguarding
All roles involve regulated activity with children. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List.
Caldew School is committed to the protection and safety of its pupils. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found using the following link:
https://www.caldew.cumbria.sch.uk/our-school/policies-other-key-documents/
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Caldew School is an equal opportunities employer.
Note: References may be sought on receipt of applications
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Caldew School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 977 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Caldew School website
- Email address
- h.vasilic@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01228 710044
Caldew School is a popular, rural 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated south of the city of Carlisle with a catchment area that extends to the fringe of the Lake District. We have 1000 pupils on roll including a Sixth Form of 160. The school is heavily over-subscribed and the roll is steady.
We have a good and improving track record of achievement at all examination levels, good resources and facilities and a rich programme of visits and extra-curricular activities.
This is an exciting time to join Caldew School. We have had a significant investment from the Cumberland Support Trust that is enabling us to improve our facilities, provide high quality professional development for our staff and give our students opportunities, experiences and support that will raise their aspirations and achievement.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people in everyone's responsibility at Caldew School and we take this very seriously. We adopt an approach which is child-centred. This means that all staff at Caldew School consider, at all times, what is in our students' best interests. The Safeguarding Team work within the school to ensure that all of our students are safe, happy and thriving. All staff have a duty of care to make sure students are safe and this means that information may need to be shared with other agencies and organisations to make sure that our students and their families get the best possible support.
Our Ofsted inspection in June 2022 graded Caldew as ‘good’. However, we are not complacent and we know that there are areas where we need to do better.
Arranging a visit to Caldew School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email h.vasilic@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk.
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