Educational Support Assistant

3 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Swindon Academy Full time

**Salary**

£24,039 per annum term time plus 2 weeks

**Contractual hours**

37.5

**Basis**

Full Time

**Region**

Swindon

**Job category/type**

Support Staff

**Date posted**

19/06/2024

**Job reference**

REQ001572

**_Are you looking for a new challenge?_**

**_Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people?_**

**_An Exciting Opportunities to join Swindon Academy_**
- We are looking to appoint three Educational Support Assistants who will be working in one of the below:_
- _Data & Curriculum,_
- _Exams & Assessment_
- _Admissions _& Parental Communications_

**School**:Swindon Academy

**Job Title**: Educational Support Assistants

**Required**: ASAP

**Salary**:£24,039 per annum

37.5 hours per week over 5 days

Term time plus 2 weeks

Swindon Academy is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individuals who will provide admin assistance to the academy SLT teams. In addition to providing SLT admin support you will be responsible for one of the following areas under the direction and leadership of the Educational Support Officer and work as a Team to ensure that all areas are supported as necessary.

**In this role you will be**:

- Confidential secretary and Personal Assistant to either the Principal or Secondary Head Teacher
- Undertake confidential and non-confidential administration for the Senior Leadership Team.
- Effectively manage internal projects on behalf of the senior leadership team
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders

**Data & Curriculum Support Assistant will also**:

- Support for data management across the Academy
- Support for Curriculum Management in the Secondary phase
- Use of Arbor (MIS system)

**Exams & Assessment Support Assistant will also**:

- Manage the organisation of examinations of both public and internal examinations in the secondary phase
- Ensure support for students with SEND within examinations
- Manage the organisation of examinations of public and examinations in the Primary phase
- Manage the examination results process following external exam series
- Manage and respond to appropriate correspondence from the various examination boards, students. staff and parents regarding public exams.
- Manage and deal with issues relating to appeals, remarking and other administrative issues such as pupils who miss examinations through illness or who require special consideration.

**Admissions & Parental Communications Support Assistant**:

- Work with Swindon Borough Council Admissions Team
- Handle all stakeholder and parent enquiries regarding admissions
- Manage all aspects of general admissions to the Academy
- Manage In year admissions to the Academy
- Manage the admission process of year 7 and reception children into the Academy
- Assist in managing student recruitment events
- Liaise with SBC regarding appeals
- Handle complaints that the school may receive from all stakeholders
- Manage all parent communication to the Principal
- Manage all communication from the Principal to parents and stakeholders.
- Ensure that Academy Policies are kept up to date and stored and shared as appropriate
- Manage FoI requests that relate to students.

***

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

**The school**

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students.

Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

**United Learning**

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff's wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



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