Start date: January 2025

The Governors of Stramongate School wish to appoint a Midday Supervisor, to become part of our hardworking team supervising lunchtime and ensure the safety of our pupils both indoors and outdoors. Candidates should enjoy being part of a team and working with children, promoting healthy eating and encouraging good behaviour at all times.

Pay Scale: PCD3 £24,027(A) pro-rata 4 hours per week Tuesday to Friday (FTE 37hpw) hourly rate £12.60 (plus Living Wage uplift) 

The successful candidates will be available to work for 1 hour per day, Tuesday to Friday during term time as well as on INSET days. This role is permanent, subject to satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period.

Stramongate School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of its pupils, engages with young people and staff in Policy and practice developments, proactively encourages feedback and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates invited to interview will be asked to provide details of any criminal history and appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check being sought from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The successful candidates will also be required to complete a Childcare Disqualification declaration.

Stramongate School is an equal opportunities employer; individuals will be shortlisted equally against the requirements of the person specification.

To obtain an application form, job description and person specification, please visit our website www.stramongate.co.uk or contact the School.  Completed application forms must be returned to Debbie Irving on finance@stramongate.cumbria.sch.uk by 9am Monday 16th December 2024. Please note that CVs and letters of application will not be accepted.

If you have any questions or queries relating to the application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact Simone Redhead on 01539 725073 or email finance@stramongate.cumbria.sch.uk.  

Closing date: 9am Monday 16th December 2024
Interviews: Wednesday 18th December 2024

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’.