Required start: January 2025 or sooner by agreement 

Contract: Permanent, Part Time 30 hours per week, Term Time Only + 1 week (39 working weeks) 

St Bernard’s Catholic School is a high performing Secondary school in a  beautiful corner of Cumbria, a stone’s throw from the Lake District National Park – an incredible place to live and work.

We are a school where all are ‘known and loved’. We are proud to be part of the Mater Christi Trust comprising 16 schools (and growing) across Cumbria and Lancashire, providing incredible opportunities for growth and development for our staff. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and believe in high expectations for all, we would love you to apply for this Librarian & Literacy Tutor post.

The successful candidate will be a confident individual who can work alongside children to successfully deliver a reading intervention package, play an integral part in every child’s reading journey and be accountable for the progress children make with reading.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Literacy, the English Department and the SENDCo.  Experience in this field would be beneficial, but is not necessarily essential.

We are seeking to appoint a candidate who is highly motivated, optimistic, solution focused and flexible. They must be open to change, should work well as part of a committed team and must be able to cope with the various demands of working in a busy secondary school. In addition, the successful candidate should be willing and prepared to develop their skills through ongoing  professional learning.

We would welcome applications from someone who has: 
· The ability to work proactively and independently with general supervision.
· High level organisational, planning, ICT and administrative skills.
· Experience of supervising or managing others. 
· The ability to relate well to children and adults. 
· The ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these. 
 

We would really encourage candidates to come our visit our wonderful school if interested in this post. 
 
Our School can offer you;
· A school where “Students describe the school as a loving environment” and “Students behave in a mature and sensible way”, “They respect each other and their teachers and enjoy learning”. 
· A professional, enthusiastic and supportive team of staff with the capacity and commitment to raise student achievement. 
· Centralised behavior systems to support teaching staff.
· High quality and regular CPD
· Supportive parents, Governors, Diocese and Trust. 
· A well-resourced school with good results. 
· A strong commitment to developing staff and creating the leaders of tomorrow. 
 
An application pack and further details about the post are available from: www.stbernardsschool.uk. Completed applications should be returned to: angela.williams@mater-christi.com
 
Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 13th December 2024 
Shortlisting: Friday 13th December 2024 
Interviews:  Week beginning  16th December 2024
 
St Bernard’s Catholic High School is part of the Mater-Christi Trust in the Diocese of Lancaster. The Trust actively promotes diversity, unity and community cohesion and that it supports pupils to become successful, compassionate citizens. The Mater Christi Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process.

For this post, prior to appointment Mater Christi Trust will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check,  two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates, and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
 
 

Permanent Post
1.0FTE MPR/UPR plusTLR 2B £5,586.00

The successful candidate will:
•    Be an acknowledged outstanding practitioner of Drama.
•    Have a clear understanding of the characteristics of high quality teaching and proven experience of teaching across the whole age and ability range.
•    Have a developed understanding of exam board requirements.
•    Be able to demonstrate their ability to plan high quality, challenging programmes of study for delivery by specialist and non-specialist teachers.
•    Be able to demonstrate their commitment to our students.
•    Motivate both colleagues and students to work hard and try their best through passing on to them their infectious enthusiasm and passion.
•    Actively share good practice and seek to explore ways to improve their own and others’ teaching.

 We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive sufficient applications for the role
If you experience any issues whilst using MyNewTerm, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team via email, hr@changinglives.education or T: 01946 820 356.

Changing Lives Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.

For further details about this role, please visit our website 
https://mynewterm.com/jobs/136732/EDV-2024-QEGSP-40913 

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Closing date is 09:00am Friday 13 December 2024

Examinations and Data Officer

We’re looking for a highly motivated self-starter to join us as our new Examinations and Data Officer. If successful, you will be responsible for the efficient management and organisation of all examinations, and for ensuring the accuracy of our student data records.

Working with colleagues and a team of exam invigilators, responsibilities will include:

•    Ensuring the successful administration of all internal and external examinations, in accordance with the Joint Council of Qualifications (JCQ) regulations.
•    Organising and managing the work of a team of exam invigilators.
•    Overseeing the collection and analysis of student attainment information and examination results.
•    Ensuring the accuracy of student data to enable the termly school census.
•    Supporting the Year 9 and Year 12 options processes.

Previous experience in a similar role in a school would be an advantage but is not essential as training will be provided.

Hours of work: ideally, we are looking to appoint a full-time colleague (37 hours/week); however, part-time working may be considered for the right candidate and whilst we envisage this to be a full-year role – again – we’re open to a conversation at interview.

About us: Ullswater Community College is a friendly, supportive employer with a lot to offer its employees. We received an Ofsted Good rating in April 2023 and were recognised as ‘Best Secondary School in Cumbria’ at the annual NewsQuest Educational awards in October 2023.

Our Staff Wellbeing group and approachable leadership team work hard to maintain a responsive and professional working environment. Benefits to you will include:
•    Membership of the Health Assured employee wellbeing programme
•    Membership of the local government pension scheme, with generous employer contributions
•    Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme
•    Free eye test scheme 
This is an exciting time to be joining us – we’ve been named in the school rebuilding programme and anticipate a significant investment or new build in the near future.

We invest heavily in staff development, consider the well-being of colleagues in every development and encourage staff to be fully involved in school life.

To apply
We welcome applications using either the TES application procedure or our own application form. This can be downloaded from our website, where full job details and comprehensive information about the school can also be found. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries (hr@ullswatercc.co.uk).

Closing date for applications: 9 am Monday 9 December 2024

We aim to hold interviews later the same week or early the following week
UCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Employment at UCC is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed; if they are disclosed, the school cannot take them into account.
Please note that we are able to contact only the successful applicants.