Casual Lifeguard
Tong Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 6NR17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
30 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: zero hours contract
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £15.84 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
- National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) or equivalent qualification or willingness to undertake the NPLQ immediately upon appointment.Please note NPLQ must be passed during the probation period for the role to be confirmed beyond this point.
- The ability of being able to swim to a high standard to meet the requirements of the NPQL including:
- Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds.
- Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back.
- Tread water for 30 seconds.
- Jump/dive into deep water.
- Surface dive to the floor of the pool.
- Climb out of pool unaided without ladder/steps.
- Good literacy / numeracy skills.
- The ability to use relevant technology/equipment/resources.
- The ability to use ICT effectively.
What the school offers its staff
About Tong Leadership Academy
Tong Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 18 year olds in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader. We were graded as ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted during our most recent inspection in October 2023.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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 Tong Leadership Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 788 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@tong.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 01274 681455
Tong Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 1600 place, 11-18 secondary school, which includes a 250 place sixth form. Tong joined the Trust on 1 December 2016. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
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