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 an “Outstanding", forward looking school with an international reputation. We are ambitious for our pupils, and we pride ourselves on working with many leaders in the field of special education.

We play an important role in our community and enjoy strong local links which give our pupils opportunities to play active and meaningful roles in their own communities.

We are an innovative school and have worked on a number of unique projects to provide pupils with unique and diverse learning opportunities. These include; FAWrient Express café in a train carriage, giving pupils hands-on experience in hospitality training; 7FAW7 - a library inside a real plane fuselage designed to meet the diverse needs of our pupils; FAWtilus - a dedicated counselling space for pupils and staff; FAWbulous Bus - a soft-play facility that also teaches pupils how to safely board a bus; Platform FAW - our new coffee roastery where pupils can learn to roast and bag their own coffee; Peggy’s FAWtique - a shop space where pupils can develop valuable sales techniques; Radio FAW All - our very own radio station, which offers pupils exciting opportunities to get involved in radio broadcasting and research; FAW Records - our own record label. We have released a number of singles and music videos; Five Acre Woodstock Festival - our annual festival created especially for pupils to experience the sights, sounds and atmosphere of a real performance.

It may need to be seen to be believed! Please click this link to view our videos: https://www.youtube.com/@FiveAcreWoodRecords

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.

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