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Site Assistant - Full-time

Whitfield Aspen School, Dover

  • Ref:KCC886-2471-157S
  • Posted:08/09/2023
  • Pay:Kent Range 3
  • Start Date:November/December 2023
  • App Close Date:29/09/2023 at 12:00
  • Interviews:Wednesday 11th October 2023

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Vacancy: Site Assistant – November/December 2023

Whitfield Aspen School are wanting to appoint an enthusiastic, conscientious and self-motivated person to support our multisite school.  You will be working within a small team and would be required to provide a key role in maintaining our school sites, to ensure a welcoming and safe environment for the school community.

Full time position: All year round contract, working 37 hours per week, including 26 days annual leave entitlement

Salary: Kent Range 3 £21,293 with Local Government Pension Scheme

Key responsibilities will include: Regular maintenance to repairs of school sites and equipment to meet Health & Safety requirements; assisting in setting up school hall/premises for activities; grounds maintenance including hedge trimming and lawn mowing; driving our school minibus, with regular inspections and cleaning. Working as part of a team is are essential requirement for this position.  The ideal candidate will be able to work independently and/or collaboratively with the site team and be able to use their initiative to solve problems safely and be flexible and adaptable to ensure a site presence at all times.

As part of the interview process, candidates who are successful at the formal interview, will be invited to undertake practical tasks within the dates listed below.

Visits to the school prior to application are warmly encouraged.  Please contact          Gemma Kingsland-Roberts on 01304 821526 to arrange an appointment.

Our school and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children.  In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education regulations, shortlisted candidates will be screened online prior to interview. Any contract will be subject to satisfactory references, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks, qualification checks, and pre-employment health screening.

Deadline for applications: Midday, Friday 29th September 2023

Formal Interview: Wednesday, 11th October 2023

Practical Tasks for one morning will be: Monday 16th – Wednesday 18th October 2023

 

Application forms are available via: the school website: www.whitfieldaspenschool.co.uk

Whitfield Aspen School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent. CT16 3LJ.

Tel: 01304 821526 or by e-mail: gemma.kingsland-roberts@whitfield.kent.sch.uk

Information about the school

Whitfield Aspen School is unusual in a national context.  It is a combination of a mainstream primary and a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for primary age pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs (PSCN). In September 2022, we developed the Engagement Model as an approach across the whole school to support children with complex social emotional and mental health needs (SEMH), who are disengaged with their learning. In addition, there is a Specialist Intervention Nursery team who support interventions and next steps for identified children in local mainstream Nurseries. We also offer on-site provision for Specialist Intervention, for Nursery age children who are not able to access a mainstream setting, due to their complex needs.   

Whitfield Aspen School works collaboratively with a group of 11 other local mainstream schools, the Samphire Learning Hub. We are a group of schools that work collaboratively to improve outcomes for children. We also are part of Kent Special Educational Needs Trust which contains all the Special Schools within Kent. We work closely with them to ensure the staff within the SRP are as competent as those teachers working within Special Schools.

At Whitfield Aspen school the proportion of pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs far exceeds the national average for a mainstream school.    In September 2021, the school split over 2 sites. The Richmond site opened for Yr. 4, Yr. 5, Yr. 6 and KS2 (Key Stage 2) pupils on the SRP roll. The lower school for EY, Yr.1, Yr.2 and Yr.3 and KS1 (Key Stage 1) pupils on the SRP roll, continues to be based on Mayfield Road. We are maintaining the fully inclusive model over both sites. 

An additional block will be added to the Richmond site during 2024-2025. This will create the capacity, initially, for an additional 4 classrooms. We currently have 630 students across two sites and in excess of 230 staff. Our Governors play an active role in school life and support our school aims fully.

In January 2025 we went through a Graded Inspection and maintained our Good status.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.