School First Aider
Deer Park School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2HT6 days remaining to apply
Closing date
14 January 2026 at 11am
Date listed
19 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,186.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C – Step 1 FTE £25,186, Actual Annual Salary £21,601.80
School First Aider job summary
School First Aider -37 hours per week, 8:15am to 4.15pm Monday to Thursday and 8:15am to 3:45pm on Friday, term time only (39 weeks). Grade C - Step 1 FTE £25,186, Actual Annual Salary £21,601.80.
Deer Park School is a new state of the art seven-form secondary school which opened in September 2021. At present there are just under 1,000 students on roll across Year 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11. We are part of the RAISE Education Trust which comprises of Deer Park Secondary School, Wildern Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School. We will have a PAN of 1050 when full.
As we embark on our next phase of growth we are seeking to appoint new members to our team to support us on our journey to excellence. We strive to provide an exceptional educational experience for every student. Our values and culture of ambition, excellence, kindness, inclusion and community underpin this vision.
As a School First Aider we are looking for a fully qualified first-aider (or someone with first-aid experience willing to update/obtain a HSE 3 Day First Aid at work qualification). You will be primarily responsible for dealing with first-aid and medical matters for students and staff along with a variety of administration duties. You would need to be confident, empathetic and with the ability to prioritise, you will be the first point of contact for parents, students and staff in this varied and rewarding role.
We are part of the RAISE Education Trust which comprises of Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School. Our staff form a collective team that make a difference to the lives of our students. This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues present and future.
Benefits of working for our trust include:
- Exceptional team environment where all staff are valued.
- Excellent Continuing Professional Development with high quality CPD programs.
- Many opportunities for career progression.
- Extensive department resources and facilities.
- RAISE a Hand day: One day per academic year — a fully paid day off to support personal events.
- Two-week October half term: Providing staff and students with an extended break during the autumn term.
- Enrolment in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice.
- Staff membership rates to our modern Leisure Centre at Wildern School.
If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday, Wednesday 14th January 2026.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Deer Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 697 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Deer Park School website
Deer Park School is a new seven-form entry secondary school which opened in September 2021 initially with four forms of Year 7 and growing to full capacity of seven forms of entry over the next seven years.
We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which comprises of Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School.
This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues joining us.
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