School Health

**Actual salary £21,439 to £22,434. OGAT Grade 5, SCP 9-11.**

**This role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only (plus 5 days)**

Other responsibilities include producing individual healthcare plans, PEEPS, and Risk Assessments for N code children, with support from inclusion teams for children with SEND, and accompanying students to hospital and home whenever necessary, logging incidents and maintaining databases and supplies. The successful applicant must be a qualified first aider, enthusiastic and empathetic. Experience of working in a school environment is desirable.

The role will involve exchanging clear information with colleagues, requiring excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

**About our academy**:
**Chief Executive Officer:Lee Wilson**

**Principal: Dave Cavill**

Outwood Academy Valley is an 11-18 school based in the large town of Worksop in North Nottinghamshire with good commuter links to Sheffield, Nottingham and the surrounding areas.

Since joining the Outwood Family in 2012, the academy has been consistently among the top schools for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire for GCSE results, including English and Maths. Students make above average progress at Outwood Academy Valley with 60% of students achieving grade 5 or above in English and Maths, This compares to the England average of 45%.

We are passionate about teaching and learning and committed to developing all staff and leaders. The in house learning and performance CPD is highly valued by all staff and there are many opportunities to access CPD across academies within the Trust as well as through the National Institute of Teaching. Ofsted noted that ‘the support provided for teachers’ development is 'strong and wide ranging.’

We believe that learning should be both enjoyable and enriching, allowing students to make exceptional progress. We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential. With a holistic view of education, we value vocational, practical, creative and academic excellence equally, creating an environment where every student can shine. Our Performing Arts Department excels year on year producing, choreographing and performing full shows. From backstage to starring roles, lighting and sound to scenery, the performances are out of this world and are always heavily supported by both staff and students and their families.

We have gained numerous awards as a school and we have been accredited with the prestigious IQM Award, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded the Quality in Careers Standard for our careers education, information, advice and guidance provision. We also hold the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

If you share our vision, join our family.



**Closing date: Midday, Tuesday 20th May 2025**

**EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - WHAT DO WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER?**

Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:
Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:

- A comprehensive induction and training process
- Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one
- Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
- Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
- A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role

Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

- Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
- Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
- Legal guidance
- Financial guidance and debt counselling
- Child and dependent care support and advice
- Support for managers

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

- Free flu vaccinations
- Free onsite parking
- Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
- Access to various discount sites

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 12 noon, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.

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