Pupil Administrator - Snodland - Term Time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-639S
• Posted:16/07/2024
• Pay:KR5 (actual salary £23,372.64 inc. FAW allowance)
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:30/07/2024 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Five Acre Wood School is seeking to appoint a Pupil Administrator to work within our friendly team to work at our satellite site in Snodland.

The role is for 37 hours per week (8am-4pm, Monday to Friday), term time only plus 2 weeks to be worked during the school holidays (to be agreed with line manager).

The candidate must be highly organised, a good team player, proactive, have excellent communication and ICT skills with a high standard of literacy and clear, concise hand writing.  In addition the candidate must also have a high regard for confidentiality, be reliable, have experience with a good understanding of Microsoft office packages, good typing skills and be confident working with a wide range of professionals.

Job Description:

Purpose of Job:

To provide support to ensure that an efficient and sensitive service is provided to Five Acre Wood pupils and their parents/carers as well as to all school staff.

Principal Accountabilities

• Being involved as necessary with Annual Review planning for the academic year and the distribution of meetings across the Pupil Admin Team.
• Telephoning parents to remind them of Annual Review meetings leading up the scheduled meeting day.
• Taking the minutes at Annual Review meetings of EHC Plans over all sites as necessary ensuring that the paperwork is completed as fully and as accurately as possible to reflect the discussion.  Also supporting and assisting with the meeting discussion as necessary to ensure that all the required areas of the paperwork are considered.
• Sending Annual Review paperwork to the Local Authority as soon as this is possible and within the stated 2 weeks of the meeting where this is possible.
• Distributing the Annual Review paperwork to parents and carers, Social Workers, linked agencies etc.
• Ensuring that the Annual Review paperwork is available online for future access as required.
• Ensuring that the Annual Review spreadsheet is kept fully updated to accurately reflect the holding of the meetings for all pupils and the current position so that this can be clear to all colleagues within the Pupil Admin Team.  
• Being involved as necessary with Annual Review planning for the academic year and the distribution of meetings across the Pupil Admin Team.
• Telephoning parents to remind them of Annual Review meetings leading up the scheduled meeting day.
• Taking the minutes at Annual Review meetings of EHC Plans over all sites as necessary ensuring that the paperwork is completed as fully and as accurately as possible to reflect the discussion.  Also supporting and assisting with the meeting discussion as necessary to ensure that all the required areas of the paperwork are considered.
• Sending Annual Review paperwork to the Local Authority as soon as this is possible and within the stated 2 weeks of the meeting where this is possible.
• Distributing the Annual Review paperwork to parents and carers, Social Workers, linked agencies etc.
• Ensuring that the Annual Review spreadsheet is kept fully updated to accurately reflect the holding of the meetings for all pupils and the current position so that this can be clear to all colleagues within the Pupil Admin Team.  

For further information about Five Acre Wood School, please visit our website, www.fiveacrewood.co.uk 

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 3 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 840 pupils on roll aged up to 19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Employee Assistance Programme including confidential staff counselling service a A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations Free on-site parking

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the link below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access.

We have also produced our own songs and music videos which you can view by clicking the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/@FiveAcreWoodRecords

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

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• Pupil Administrator Job Description