Student Services and Medical Needs Officer

Sprowston Community Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 8NE

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Monday 23rd June 2025

• Closing date

  19 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 May 2025

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: Grade D5-6 (£24,790 - £25,183) paid pro rata, actual starting salary £20,597-£20,924

Student Services and Medical Needs Officer job summary

Sprowston Community Academy and Sixth Form

Cannerby Lane

Sprowston

Norwich

NR7 8NE

Email: recruitment@bhetrust.co.uk

Headteacher: Liz Wood

Vacancy

Student Services and Medical Needs Officer

Grade D5-6 (£24,790 - £25,183) paid pro rata, actual starting salary £20,597-£20,924

35 hours per week, term time plus 2 weeks

Permanent

Start Date - Monday 23rd June 2025

“Being the best version of Sprowston that we can be”

The Trustees and Governors of Sprowston Community Academy are seeking to employ an enthusiastic and dedicated professional to work within our Student Services Department.

Purpose

• To provide a high standard of practical support to students on a daily basis

• To liaise directly with parents and families in order to plan and facilitate the best support for students

• To form a key part of the administration team in order to provide strategic and operational support to families and students.

• To act as a key liaison between students, families, teaching and support staff. This will include sharing information and ensuring that there are coherent plans in place to support students across the school

• To hold responsibility for supporting and triaging the daily medical and first aid that arise during the school day, as well as overseeing and being accountable for ensuring that students have in placemedical health care plans that are being followed by appropriate stakeholders.

• To support the daily process of attendance monitoring by making daily calls regarding pupil absence

Working pattern is daily 8.30 am to 4.00 pm.

Sprowston Community Academy is a growing 11-18 school serving the North-east of Norwich. We are exceptionally proud of our place within the local community and our strong local reputation reflects this. We are an inclusive school and believe passionately that students need to be equipped as good citizens as well as good learners. The successful applicant will work with us to fully promote this ethos whilst also striving for academic excellence.

For further information about Sprowston Community Academy please visit the website sprowstoncommunityacademy.co.uk.

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Select the ‘Apply now’ button and enter your details. Please include in the personal statement section of your application why you believe you are suitable for this role in terms of skill, experience and personal qualities.

You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early and/or commence interviews once sufficient applications are received and therefore early applications are encouraged.

Please include in the personal statement section of your application why you believe you are suitable for this role in terms of skill, experience and personal qualities.

Closing date: Monday 19 May 2025 @ 9am
Interviews: TBC

Please note that it is normal practice to appoint to the bottom of the scale.

Broad Horizons 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. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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About Sprowston Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1655 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sprowston-community-academy

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