14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    5 January 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    20 December 2024

Job details

Job role

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Working pattern

Part time (Can be done as a job share): This post is part time working Monday to Friday 11am-1.15pm

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

N2 £22,737 per annum

Actual salary

Actual Salary £6,272 per annum pro rata

Hourly rate

Living wage supplement of £12.60 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a colleague who has:

  • Experience working in a similar role in a school setting.
  • Ability to develop positive relationships with children and work with them to promote high standards of behaviour and cooperation.
  • NVQ level 1 or equivalent in English and Maths or experience in relevant discipline/job role.
  • Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

  • Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
  • A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
  • The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
  • Membership of theLocal Government PensionScheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
  • Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland’s leading wellbeing provider.
  • Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

Further details about the role

We are seeking to appoint a Supervisory Assistant Level 1 to ensure the safety and welfare of pupils on the school site during the mid-day break. Duties of the role include:

  • Supervision of pupils taking a school meal as well as other pupils on the school site during the mid-day break.
  • Maintaining discipline throughout the lunchtimes break in accordance with guidance given by the Head Teacher and to report back accordingly.
  • Recording incidents using the MIS and behaviour management procedures, such as incident book or accident book, in order to fulfil legal obligations.
  • The supervision of pupils returning to the premises at the end of the mid-day break.

This post is part time working Monday to Friday 11am-1.15pm

Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

Our school motto is ‘Together we make a difference’. At Walkergate Community School we are lucky enough to have a passionate workforce who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school. As a research school, we are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and engaging school environment for the children and our staff too.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 5th January 2025.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.

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.

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About Walkergate Community School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
656 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11

Walkergate Community School is a large primary school with teaching school status. we are part of Newcastle East mixed Multi Academy Trust and work closely with our partner schools.

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