Lunchtime Supervisor

**LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR-PREP SCHOOL**TERM TIME ONLY - IMMEDIATE START**

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**WELCOME TO ST HELEN’S**

St Helen’s is a large, thriving all-through school and many of the girls who leave

us at the end of Year 13 have been with us since Nursery or Reception. We are

ambitious for every single girl: that she achieves her potential; that she leaves us

to embark upon an exciting and fulfilling future, able to deal with whatever life

throws at her with a calm, inner resolve and a sense of fun; that she is ready to go

out into the world and make a difference. St Helen’s has a long tradition of

academic excellence which encourages girls to pursue intellectual curiosity

beyond the curriculum. Our GCSE results put us very securely into the top 50

independent schools in the country each year. Sixth Formers go on to established,

high-ranking universities including Oxford and Cambridge, with more than a third

academic success; our co-curricular programme is rich and varied, and our

pastoral care ensures that every girl is valued and cared for.

Within easy reach of central London, our school is set in 21 acres of lovely

grounds and, just as we are proud of our students’ academic achievements and

their personal development, we are also proud of our facilities and buildings. We

have invested over £20 million in a building programme over the last five years

and have plans to do more.

St Helen’s has a warm and lively atmosphere that makes it a really exciting place

to work. Our staff and our girls look out for each other and encourage each other

to be the best possible version of themselves. As such, you will play a vital role in

supporting the school in the next stage of its journey and I look forward to

**Alice Lucas, Headmistress**

**THE SCHOOL**
St Helen’s is an academically selective independent girls’ day school of more than

1100 students aged 3-18, set in beautiful green space in Northwood, Middlesex.

It draws pupils from a wide area of north-west London, Buckinghamshire, and

Hertfordshire with easy access by Underground from central London.

Our aims are:

- ** **To provide each and every girl with the opportunity and means to achieve

academic excellence.
- ** **To provide our students with the personal skills, emotional resilience, and

the confidence to achieve their full potential through a varied, rich, and

challenging co-curricular programme.
- ** **To know, value and respect all girls as individuals so as to best support

them on their journey through the school.
- ** **To ensure that the girls are ready to play a full and active part in their

communities and in an interconnected digital world.
Our students achieve high academic standards, and we encourage them to develop

lifelong skills in a diverse range of areas, both within and outside the curriculum,

and to pursue their individual ambitions. The school is proud of its tradition of

providing a balanced and forward-looking education through which its pupils can

become confident, independent learners and leaders in their fields, their professions

and their communities. Attention to the individual child is at the heart of everything

we do and shapes the pastoral care, teaching and learning and the co
- curricular

opportunities on offer at St Helen’s.

**THE PREP SCHOOL**
The Prep School caters for approximately 490 girls aged 3-11years.

**Structure**:The Head of the Prep School is supported by a Deputy and there are also leaders

with responsibility for each Phase of the Prep School: EYFS, KS1, KS2 (Years

3&4), KS2 (Years 5&6).

There are separate Subject Coordinators in English and Mathematics with

other Subject Coordinators having responsibility across the Primary Phase.

The teaching of music, PE and Speech & Drama is undertaken by specialist

staff across the Sections and under the leadership of the Directors of these

have been developed across the two Sections over the past two years. In

Mathematics, a new scheme of work has recently been introduced which

enables individual progress monitoring based on the St Helen’s expectations of

pupil achievement from Nursery up to the end of Year 6. This means that

teachers, parents and pupils know exactly where each girl is in terms of her

learning and what her next steps are. A similar system has been developed

for English with a specific focus on writing and was introduced in September

2016. All of the girls enjoy the advantages of being part of a large School and

have access to a wide range of sporting facilities including an indoor

swimming pool which is used from Nursery onwards.

Our girls are taught by well-qualified primary specialists with additional

contributions from some Senior School staff in Years 5 and 6. Staff are kept up

to date with current initiatives through inset meetings and