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This job expired on 2 April 2025

  • Job start date

    26 August 2025

  • Closing date

    2 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    21 March 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time, Term Time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

The full-time salary range for the role is £59,641 - £61,643 including fringe allowance and depending on experience.

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will have the following essential experiences, skills and values:

Experience and Qualifications

  • A strong interest instudent support
  • A successful teacher of the post-16 age group
  • Evidence ofup-to-dateCPD

Personal Skills and Qualities

  • Enthusiasm, energy and flexibility
  • Well-organised, being able to prioritise
  • Ability to develop creative solutions to problems
  • Strong communicator both verbally and in writing
  • Ability toanalyse, interpret and make effective use of student data to inform actions
  • Committed to high standards with a strong attention to detail
  • Sense of humour
  • Positivity and a willingness to learn

Values

  • Belief in a collective, democratic and consultative management style
  • A firm belief in a pastoral support system and timely interventions to ensure success and progression for students
  • Strong commitment to continuous improvement
  • Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, in all its manifestations, and the establishment of fair and equitable working practices

  • A positive yet honest approach to dealing with others, including parents/carers, staff and students, which strikes the correct balance between motivational and disciplinary strategies

The following would also be desirable:

  • DSL training and/or other safeguarding related training
  • Had experience of managing in a student support related role
  • Taken part in an aspiring pastoral leadersor other related course
  • Involvement inworking incross collegegroupswith a student support f

Terms & Conditions

  • Godalming Single Leadership Spine: L10-12
  • Remission for the role: 13 hours
  • 39 weeks plus 3 days in late August – you will be expected to work an additional 3 days above the standard teaching contract. These additional 3 days are there to ensure that Senior Tutors provide a post GCSE results service for students who haven’t met the GCSE entry requirements to come to College.
  • The post holder will be employed in full-time service - only and exclusively in the capacity of Senior Tutor

What the school offers its staff

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

  • Access to the College gym staffed by a Personal Trainer
  • Free Flu jabs, access to NHS health checks on site and support from a Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator
  • Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for in the moment support and counselling as well as signposting services
  • In house canteen providing inexpensive and delicious hot and cold food, including a Starbucks and Costa franchise
  • Weekly and termly social activities, including football, choir, outings and summer and Christmas events
  • Cross College mentors for new staff
  • Strong investment in training and development with a dedicated Staff development and wellbeing Lead who support induction, identifies and addresses staff training needs

Financial Benefits

  • Enrolment in well funded schemes with generous Employer contributions
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free car parking and access to onsite EV chargers
  • Financial wellbeing scheme with access to advisory services
  • Discounted gift vouchers
  • Discounts at many high street retailers via a Byond card

Commitment to safeguarding

Godalming College is committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates must complete a College application form, may be subject to online searches and are required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It's a requirement for all successful candidates to apply for an enhanced DBS in addition to referencing & qualification checks. The College’s Safer Recruitment, Data Protection and Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are on our website.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Senior Tutor application pack March 25.pdf - 518 KB (opens in new tab)

About Godalming College

School type
Academy, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth_form_or_college
School size
0 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
Godalming College website
Email address
hr@godalming.ac.uk
Phone number
01483411293
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Godalming College is one of the best performing 16-19 colleges in the country and a great place to work and study. We are very proud of the achievements of all our students and have a strong track record of consistently high results. Value added scores are excellent and the College was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in our inspection in December 2019.

The College currently employs around 220 teaching and support staff on both a full and part time basis.

The success of Godalming College is also about community with students from all walks of life enjoying a whole range of opportunities in a welcoming and friendly environment. Students enjoy a stimulating, lively and challenging learning and social experience; they are treated as adults by specialist and dedicated teaching and support staff in facilities that have seen major investment over many years.

The campus comprises of nine newer large buildings and our older main building, which was the original grammar school, built in the 1930’s. Since the 2000s there has been a phased refurbishment and expansion of the College which included a new English and Modern Foreign Languages block, Media suite, netball and tennis courts and an 11 acre site for Rugby and Football pitches. We would invite you to take the virtual tour on our website to see for yourself the facilities of which we are so proud.

The College is within walking distance of Godalming town centre and the railway station, is easily accessible from the A3 and provides free car parking with EV charging stations for staff.

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