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Cover and Staff Absence Administrator
Furze Platt Senior School, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
8 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
19 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,603.00 - £25,157.00 Annually (Actual) Term-time only plus two INSET days.
Cover and Staff Absence Administrator job summary
Are you an exceptional administrator who thrives under pressure and takes pride in being highly organised? Do you have the ambition to make a difference in education and the versatility to adapt to dynamic situations? At Furze Platt, a highly successful mixed comprehensive school in Maidenhead, we are looking for a calm and dedicated individual to join our Human Resources team. In this pivotal role you will take charge of organising high-quality cover arrangements for lessons when our teaching staff are absent, ensuring students continue to receive seamless learning experiences.
At Furze Platt, we are proud to serve 1500 boys and girls of all abilities, helping them develop the skills and qualities needed to excel. Our school embodies the values of being Ambitious, Collaborative and Happy, having Integrity, showing Endurance and Versatility, all aimed at achieving Excellence. We challenge and support our students to reach their highest potential, and we are seeking someone who shares this commitment.
As a key player in our HR team, you will:
Organize and Arrange Cover: Efficiently manage both planned and emergency cover for teaching staff by coordinating our team of Cover Supervisors and liaising with teaching supply agencies.
Manage Absences: You'll record sickness absence in our management information systems, follow up on self-certification forms, fit-to-work notes and return-to-work interviews, and generate monthly sickness reports.
Support HR and Administration: Handle ad-hoc administrative tasks to support the HR team and School Business Team, assist our Receptionist with answering calls, managing general enquiry emails to ensure timely responses by the appropriate staff members, supporting the Reprographics department and other administrative duties.
We are looking for someone who is:
Highly Organized: Strong organizational skills to handle the dynamic nature of arranging cover.
Detail-Oriented: Able to work under pressure with accuracy and attention to detail.
Versatile and Collaborative: Enjoy working both independently and as part of a team.
Tech-Savvy: Excellent IT skills with experience in school-based or other management information systems.
If you thrive in an environment where no two days are the same and are passionate about contributing to a high-achieving and inclusive school community, we would love to hear from you.
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Furze Platt Senior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1530 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Furze Platt Senior School website (opens in new tab)
Furze Platt Senior School is an extremely rewarding school in which to work. Our school culture is based on our ACHIEVE values. Relationships are a strength of our school with students and staff wanting to work with and for each other.
‘Pupils are friendly, courteous and polite. They say that they are happy and that they feel safe. Pupils’ relationships are shaped by the ACHIEVE values of the school, which stands for 'Ambitious, Collaborative, Happy, Integrity, Endurance, Versatility, Excellence’. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school.’ Ofsted 2021
We are a highly inclusive, comprehensive and local school with virtually all students living within walking or cycling distance. As the largest school in Maidenhead we are able to offer our students a wealth of options within and beyond the classroom. Similarly, our staff have a wide range of CPD and promotion opportunities.
We are keen to encourage every child to ACHIEVE their excellence whether that be a highly academic place at Oxbridge, a more vocational route or one of the many other pathways open to them. By offering opportunities throughout their school careers, we ensure students are not just well-qualified but mature young adults who we are proud to know.
Furze Platt Senior School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in our most recent inspection (November 2021). We have nearly 180 caring, committed and good humoured teaching and support staff together with an oversubscribed school population of approaching 1500 students. This is a school where staff and students work together to achieve high standards and excellent outcomes.
Our student body is taken from the town of Maidenhead, 30 miles west of London, and from other parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Whilst overall the area is affluent, ours is a truly comprehensive school, with students from all social, economic and ethnic backgrounds. The school is popular and well regarded in the local community. Parents and carers are supportive, seeking to work with us to support their children.
‘School leaders are ambitious for the school. They enjoy positive relationships with the rest of the staff and work with them to ensure the success of the school. Teachers are grateful for the support offered in terms of induction and the consideration given to their workload.’ Ofsted 2021
Our Tutor Group system emphasises our sense of community and is the basis for our pastoral care and support. Our four Houses offer friendly competition and camaraderie across the school. We have a specialist unit for students with autistic spectrum disorder and provide excellent support for those with academic or emotional difficulties.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced and aims to meet the differing needs of students. Students follow the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3 including learning two modern foreign languages. Towards the end of Key Stage 3 students are supported with the selection of their GCSE options and the school works hard to ensure every student is able to study the subjects they have chosen.
Our Key Stage 4 curriculum provides an appropriate mix of GCSE subjects including English Language and English Literature, Maths and Single Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Art, Drama, Music, Technology, Computing, Business, Psychology and Philosophy and Religion. Students can also opt for more vocational subjects such as Creative iMedia, Travel and Tourism and Child Development. Standards are very high; students make good progress and many departments have results above the national average.
The Sixth Form is an undoubted strength of Furze Platt Senior, with around 300 students. The broad curriculum offer and high standard of teaching has led to excellent examination results. A very large number of sixth formers progress to highly rated apprenticeships and university. Sixth Form students are also expected to undertake community work in or out of school, including paired reading and maths schemes, and acting as subject prefects or mentors. They make a significant contribution to the school.
‘Behaviour is calm around the school site and conducive to learning in lessons. Interactions are courteous and respectful. Teachers quickly pick up any inappropriate behaviour. Behaviour in the sixth form is exemplary. Sixth-form students are good role models for the rest of the school.’
Ofsted 2021
We also believe passionately in music, drama, the arts and sport, and have some excellent facilities to support these including a Dance studio, two state of the art Drama studios, a professional recording studio, practice rooms and a recent addition of a gym and all-weather astro-turf. There are a large number of music and drama productions, along with recreational and competitive sport.
In recent years we have opened a new English and Science block, along with a new 400 seat state-of-the-art Theatre. We invest in our staff, facilities and resources enabling our students to benefit from the great opportunities we have to offer.
We have a strong team of teaching staff and are committed to developing our teaching to ensure that even more students reach their full potential. To this end, we invest heavily in teachers’ professional development. Staff are encouraged to pursue their interests in all aspects of pedagogy and benefit from staff coaching. Staff attend a range of internal and external courses, and we encourage staff to visit other schools to see examples of best practice.
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