Student Development and Support Assistant - Part-time

Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-5422-217S
• Posted:26/06/2025
• Pay:£25,127-£26,383 FTE
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:07/07/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:July

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Salary £25,127 to £26,383 per annum FTE (£20,534 to £21,560 pro rata) depending on experience

35 hours per week, Term Time plus Staff Development Days

We are looking to recruit an Assistant for our busy Student Development and Support Department. We are looking for someone who is proficient in a range of software including Excel and Word as well as being confident in their ability to learn our school-based software systems. The successful candidate will be working face to face with students on a 1:1 and small group basis. They will need to possess excellent administrative and organisational skills, and be confident in their ability to work in a classroom setting in order to observe lessons. A prior understanding of SEN would be an advantage but also an open mind and willingness to learn as directed would be beneficial.

If you have strong empathetic skills and a desire to support children, please complete the application form attached, which is also available on our website www.opgs.org along with a covering letter to the Headteacher by the closing date of midday on Monday 7^th July 2025 via Mrs J Nichol at jnichol@opgs.org 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed.

Please note applications will only be accepted on the school application form, CVs and other forms are not accepted. 

Oakwood Park Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with former employers and Enhanced DBS check.

Information about the school

Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of currently 1095 students. We have a co-educational Sixth Form of 311 students. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.

We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). This gives the site a unique feel with over four thousand students.

Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.

Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production. We also have other extra-curricular activities such as robotics, debating and chess.

Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.

We were graded Good overall by Ofsted but did achieve Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision.

We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs J Nichol
• Address:Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
• Telephone: (01622) 726683
• Email: jnichol@opgs.org

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