IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Thank you for taking an interest in an opportunity to work at our academy.
Below you will find details of both Teaching and Support Staff vacancies currently available within the school. All teaching staff roles are also advertised via The Teaching Vacancies Website, click here for more information.
As part of our on-going commitment to promoting equality and valuing diversity, St George’s Academy is committed to eliminating discrimination against any individual on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act (2010). The Academy operates an Equal Opportunities Policy, the aim of which is to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in recruitment. In order to help the Academy monitor the effectiveness of this policy (and for no other reason), you are asked to provide the information requested on the separate Equal Opportunities monitoring form. This information is confidential and the information on the form will not be taken into account when considering the application.
Applicants may only apply by completing the relevant Academy teaching or support staff application form. Please note that lone CVs are not acceptable. If you are unable to access the online application form due to disability or limited access to a PC, please contact the HR Office.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Additional employment checks will also be carried out for all roles in accordance with “Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges”.
It is strongly advised that you complete and return your application form as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment. Whilst the planned closing date is included, the vacancy may be closed early should sufficient applications be received.
St George’s Academy is a large, successful, 11-18 mixed secondary school of 2,426 students (including 362 in the sixth form and 525 on our Ruskington Campus) with outstanding facilities in all areas. The Academy serves Sleaford, Ruskington and the surrounding Lincolnshire villages.
For more information about the Academy please read our Prospectus, which is available on this website.
If you would like to join a very supportive team in an Academy of enthusiastic and friendly dedicated staff, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Should you have any questions or wish to arrange an informal visit to the Academy, you can contact us by email to jobs@st-georges-academy.org or by calling 01529 301162. Informal visits are welcomed to all roles and can be offered outside of core school hours where this would be helpful.
READING INTERVENTION LEADERS
Salary: NJC Scale 4 pts 7-11, £18,249 to £19,515 (actual)
Hours: 9.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday
32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract Basis: Permanent
Start Date: 1 January 2024 or as soon after as possible
Closing Date: 9am on Monday 18 December 2023
Interview Date: Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 December 2023
With a focus on supporting students to access the full curriculum by raising their reading age, we are excited to be able to offer the opportunity for individuals to join a new team of Reading Intervention Leaders. This new team will palpably enhance the life chances of young people whose reading ages are currently a barrier to learning.
Reading Intervention Leaders within the Academy will undertake the following responsibilities:
- To work with small groups of targeted students delivering reading intervention strategies to ensure all students are able to make progress
- To access, monitor, record and report on the reading and comprehension skills of these students
- To organise all the relevant resources for the reading interventions
- To contribute to identification and selection of students to take part in the programme and the identification of the most appropriate strategies for each student
- To be in regular contact with the parents of these students, updating on progress and supporting the parents to contribute to the progress of the child as far as they are able
- To communicate with teachers, tutors and pastoral staff to ensure optimal attendance and accurate registration of the students
- To run break-time reading reward clubs
- To actively contribute to a culture of reading for pleasure
For an application form please click here.
To view the job description for the role, please click here.
Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
Family Support Manager
Salary: NJC Scale 6 to SO1, pts 18 to 25
£25,368.34 to £29,421.18 (actual)
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
(Usual working hours are 8:00 to 4:00 with an earlier finish of 30 minutes one day per week, to be agreed dependent on Academy needs)
Contract Basis: Permanent
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 11 December 2023
We are delighted to be able to advertise the above opportunity to work with our existing Pastoral teams. This role will be based on our Sleaford Campus.
The Family Support Manager will:
- Take a lead in ensuring the welfare of students by safeguarding.
- Take a lead in providing management support work with the Academy’s Pastoral Team and Progress Managers to ensure that all concerns are acted upon.
- Work with Virtual School, Social Services and Carers to ensure that all needs are managed and met for The Academy’s ‘Looked after Children’.
- Assist families who are experiencing short or long term problems, by offering practical help and emotional support. Ensure the students and families can cope by empowering them to address short and long term challenges, reducing problems and risks and in some cases, helping to make sure that children can remain with their family. Support parents and children with a range of social and personal issues by liaising with outside agencies and managing this process.
- Take on the responsibilities of supporting and line managing the following team member’s; staff in first aid on both sites, staff at Leicester Street and the Ruskington/6th Form Family Support worker.
The ideal candidate will hold Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education, or equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant discipline for working with young people aged between 11-19.
For an application form please click here.
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Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
Teacher of Boys’ PE
with Additional Teaching and Learning Responsibility
Salary: MPS/UPS
Allowances: TLR2a £3,214 payable
Hours: Full / Part time considered
Contract Basis: Permanent
Start Date: September 2024
Closing Date: 9am on Monday 11 December 2023
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Teacher of Boys’ PE to join a successful and talented team of staff. The post will also include an additional Teaching and Learning Responsibility. Due to the existing expertise within the department, the focus of the TLR will be decided in discussion with and in consideration of the skill-set of the successful applicant.
For an application form please click here.
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ADMINISTRATION/PASTORAL ASSISTANT
Salary: NJC Scale 4, pts 7-11
£22,374 to £23,925 (actual).
Hours: 37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year
(Usual working hours are 8:00 to 4:00 with an earlier finish of 30 minutes one day per week, to be agreed dependent on Academy needs).
Contract Basis: Permanent
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 11 December 2023
We are delighted to be able to advertise the above opportunity to work alongside our existing Pastoral teams. This role will be based on our Sleaford Campus.
Key responsibilities will include supporting admissions and integration of students into Years 7-11 alongside a team of pastoral staff and providing a high level of support to students in all matters of day-to-day life beyond the classroom, with first-line concern for their social and emotional well-being.
The successful candidate will ideally have experience in working with students within this age range, have excellent organisational, administrative and inter-personal skills and will work well under pressure. Ability to work on own initiative and also as part of a team is essential, as are excellent keyboard skills, accuracy, attention to detail and the ability to work to deadlines / respond to changing circumstances. Experience of working in a similar role is desirable but not considered essential.
The ideal candidate will hold a minimum of 2 GCSE’s to include English and Maths from grade 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent or be able to demonstrate a willingness to work towards achieving these qualifications.
For an application form please click here.
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Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
APPRENTICE CORPORATE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR
Salary (and Allowances): Apprentice rate of £5.28 per hour in the first year
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Contract Basis: 18 months Apprenticeship
We are seeking to appoint an Apprentice Corporate Services Administrator undertaking a Level 2 Customer Services Apprenticeship, in partnership with Lincoln College.
You will support the provision of clerical and administrative duties within the Academy. This will be based primarily at the Ruskington Campus, but you will be required to work at the Sleaford Campus as part of the holiday cover requirements for the reception team.
For an application form please click here.
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Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
CLEANING SUPERVISOR - Ruskington Campus
Salary: NJC Scale 2, pts 3-4, £11.79 to £11.98 per hour
(due to be updated shortly following the agreed NJC uplifts for 2023/24)
Hours: 15.00 to 18.00, Monday to Friday. Up to 41 working weeks per year
Contract Basis: Permanent
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Cleaning Supervisor to join the Academy at our Ruskington Campus.
For an application form please click here.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT - German
Hours: Up to 12 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Flexible hours, to be agreed with successful candidate)
Salary: NJC Scale 3, pts 5-6, £6,518 to £6,627 (actual, based on 12 hours per week)
Contract Basis: Fixed term basis until 31 August 2024.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic German Foreign Language Learning Support Assistant to join our dynamic Modern Foreign Language Department. Primarily based on our Sleaford Campus, the role may work across both our Sleaford and Ruskington campuses.
As the successful candidate, you must have a good standard of English and be a fluent speaker and scribe of German. You should also be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of the grammar and structure of the German language together with excellent communication skills.
The role will assist in the teaching of all year groups, but with a particular focus on preparing students for oral GCSE exams. The ability to support with A Level exams would be an advantage.
This role may suit a recent graduate interested in exploring the teaching profession and gaining an exciting experience in the thriving Modern Foreign Languages Department of a busy secondary school.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to learn from an experienced department in delivering challenging and engaging language lessons.
For an application form please click here.
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APPRENTICE - LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Salary: Apprentice rate of £5.28 in the first year, rising to National Minimum/Living Wage in the second year
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract Basis: 21 months Apprenticeship
We are seeking to appoint four Level 3 (Advanced) Teaching Assistant Apprentices in partnership with Priory Apprenticeships.
These fantastic opportunities will develop your skills as a Teaching Assistant whilst working with individual children having special or particular needs, in accordance with the child’s statement where appropriate and/or groups of children as directed by the teacher. You will also provide support to the SEN Manager/Principal/Teacher across a range of child-centred activities to promote child development and learning.
Please note, previous applicants need not apply.
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LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIES
Salary and Allowances: NJC Scale 1, pts 1-3, £16,800 to £17,080 (actual)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
With a focus on supporting our increasing number of students with special educational needs, we are excited to be able to offer a range of opportunities for individuals to join us in the role of Learning Support Assistant.
Join our existing team of staff to support in this area, the roles will provide essential support in our general classrooms, in our Personalised Learning Centre and in our dedicated and specialised inclusion facility.
You will be required to work with individual children, having special or particular needs, in accordance with the child’s statement where appropriate and/or groups of children as directed by the teacher. You will also provide support to the teaching staff across a range of child-centred activities to promote child development and learning.
Applicants must have a minimum of 2 GCSE’s to include English and Maths from grade 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent or be able to demonstrate a willingness to work towards achieving these qualifications. The ability to travel between the two campuses is considered essential.
Providing a valuable and meaningful opportunity to support children who have difficulty in accessing their learning, the roles also support a stepping stone for those looking to progress their career. Future promotion opportunities include our Specialist and Senior LSA positions, through to our Higher Level Teaching Assistants and / or transition to our teacher training programme to become a fully qualified teacher.
Please note, previous applicants need not apply.
For an application form please click here.
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Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
COVER SUPERVISOR
Salary: NJC Scale 3, pts 5-6, £17,200 to £17,488 (actual)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
(Usual working hours are 08:30 to 3:30).
Contract Basis: Fixed term for one year in the first instance.
We are seeking to appoint Cover Supervisors, to join the existing Cover team within St George’s Academy at both our Sleaford and Ruskington sites.
The successful candidate will be required to cover and supervise students and their work when a teacher is absent.
The ideal candidate will:
- be able to motivate and inspire pupils;
- have experience of working with children and managing behaviour;
- have good attention to detail;
- be keen to learn and develop their skills
- be flexible and committed to supporting the work ethos of the Academy
For an application form please click here.
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Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
CASUAL COVER SUPERVISOR
Salary: NJC Scale 3, pt5, currently £11.18 per hour
Hours: Casual basis – to be arranged by prior agreement subject to the needs of the Academy
Hours offered will usually fall within the core school hours of 8:30 – 3:30, term time only, 38 weeks per year
Contract Basis: Casual Worker Agreement
We are seeking to appoint a bank of casual Cover Supervisors, to join the existing Cover team within St George’s Academy.
The successful candidates will be required to cover and supervise students and their work when a teacher is absent.
The ideal candidates will:
- be able to motivate and inspire pupils;
- have experience of working with children and managing behaviour;
- have good attention to detail;
- be keen to learn and develop their skills
- be flexible and committed to supporting the work ethos of the Academy
For an application form please click here.
To view the job description for the role, please click here.
Please complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, click here.
Please complete the Privacy Notice Form, and submit with your Application Form, click here.
Invigilators required
Salary £10.42 per hour
Hours – by arrangement
Casual Worker Agreement
We are seeking to recruit reliable and highly organised individuals to assist with public examinations.
Responsibilities will include greeting and seating candidates, distribution and collection of examination papers, invigilation of examination sessions and ensuring compliance with exam board regulations at all times.
The hours would be by arrangement throughout the examination seasons.
If you would like to discuss further, please contact Nic Hartill, Exams Co-coordinator on Nicola.Hartill@st-georges-academy.org.
For an application form please click here.
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