Pay: £15,100 - £16,400 FTE (£2,533 - £2,751 pro-rata)

Start Date: Immediate

Hours: 7.5 hours per week, term-time only (38 weeks per year)

An exciting opportunity to join our Ofsted rated ‘Good’ School (February 2017). We are looking for a Lunchtime Play Leader to join our academy.

Pupils of Gordon’s Children’s Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in, we encourage use of a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.

What you will get from The Gordon Children’s Academy:

• Happy, well behaved children who are keen learners
• Parents who are supportive of the school
• High expectations for all members of the school community
• Supportive staff within the school and amongst the Trust
• Excellent CPD opportunities especially through the New Horizons Teaching School’s Alliance
• A school that puts children first and at the centre of all policy, practise and decision making
• Discounted gym membership at Thinking Fitness (located on the New Horizons site)

We are looking for someone who is:

• Willing and flexible
• A good team player
• Honest reliable and trustworthy with confidential information
• Able to work under their own initiative and under pressure.
• A positive personality with a good sense of humour.

You will be willing to take the opportunity to play a full part in the further development of our school and join us in our aims to make learning irresistible and to provide a nurturing and safe environment for everyone.

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working in a large primary academy, benefiting from a large support network and you are keen to progress your career, then please apply today!

Visits to the school are strongly recommended, please contact Kerry Masters, Office Manager, to book an appointment.

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing Date: 03/04/2019 at 23:00

Interviews: 8th April

Information about the school

The Gordon’s Children’s Academy is a newly federated academy based in the Strood area. Our Junior and Infant school work closely together to ensure that all staff and children work together as one. We are lucky enough have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school. We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children, and our staff too. We have high expectations of behaviour and we recognise that it is our responsibility to listen to the children verbally or by interpreting their behaviour.

Pupils of Gordon’s Children’s Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in, we encourage use of a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.

Our school is set in a large Victorian building, with high ceilings and plenty of space for intervention and breakout sessions. We have three large halls, three playgrounds, we have a fantastic Early Years outdoor play area, a remembrance garden and a small stage built into one of our playgrounds too. Our location provides excellent links to the M2 and A2.

As part of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, we benefit from working cohesively as a family of schools for the benefit of our children, and for the adults who work here too. The Trust supports with planning, trips, events, CPD and much more to ensure that all of our teachers are fully supported, enabling them to ensure that they can deliver the best learning that we can offer.

Our mission is to “transform life chances”; at The Thinking Schools Academy Trust we believe education has the power to change lives and children only have one chance to get this right. To ensure all our academies focus on our mission school leaders translated our mission to core values that would be demonstrated and evident in all our Academies:

Child First, Aspire, Challenge, Achieve

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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