Cover Secretary / Trips Co-Ordinator - Term Time

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Wilmington

• Ref:KCC886-5403-146S
• Posted:13/09/2022
• Pay:G5 FTE £20,438-£23,156 / Actual £18,400 - £20,846
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:26/09/2022 at 09:00
• Interviews:w/c 26th September

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Wilmington Grammar School for Boys is an 11-18 year old selective Boys’ Grammar School, with a co-educational sixth form, run jointly with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls.  

We are looking to appoint an experienced Administrator to join a busy and friendly school office.  Duties will include managing staff cover/absences, school trips and medical administration. 

The successful candidate will:

• Maintain an excellent working relationship with the teaching staff and cover supervisors.
• Be a team player and willing to support other members of the main office.
• Be proactive and have excellent organisation skills.
• Be a person willing to commit to the ethos and vision of the school.
• Be willing to undertake any training offered to help with their professional development. 

• Overall Job Purpose

  To be an integral member of the main office and ensure that planned/unplanned absence of teaching staff is arranged and ensure all lessons are covered for the day with internal/external staff.  They will also work with the Educational Visit Co-ordinator to carry out all administrative tasks involved in organising a school trip.

   

Information about the school

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (often referred to as WGSB) is an extremely considerate school with a wonderful learning environment and atmosphere.

The key focus for ensuring our students gain the best possible education is to provide them with the highest quality teaching within the best learning environments. Continually developing the quality of their teaching and pedagogy is the number one priority for all our staff. The schools senior leadership team prioritises their attention to supporting what is happening day by day in the classroom and there is a relentless focus on continually raising standards and expectations which is equally endorsed and monitored by the schools governing body. The staff and students continually rise to the challenge.

The school is comparatively small with a six form entry in Y7/8 and a five form entry in Y9-11 with a total number of students on roll measuring approximately 1050 including an expanding joint Sixth Form with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG). The school’s size and embedded ethos of care and support is the key feature of its reputation in the local community.

WGSB is a member of the Endeavour MAT family of schools, which pride themselves on setting consistently high expectations, securing outstanding outcomes and delivering exceptional standards of teaching and learning for all. Our students are encouraged to develop resilience and are supported to become innovative and thoughtful problem solvers via the Endeavour mindset programme.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Emma Edwards
• Address:Common Lane, Wilmington, Kent, DA2 7DA
• Telephone: 01322
• Email: eedwards@wgsb.co.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Applicant Pack - Office Secretary / Trips Co-ordinator
• WGSB Recruitment Information Pack