School Secretary Term Time

Job Description

Pay: KR4 Start Date: TBA The Island Learning Trust are looking to appoint a School Secretaryto join their small, friendly and well-established team at Minster in SheppeyPrimary School. The ideal candidate would ideally have previous experience ofworking within a school environment, a high level of administrative andorganisational skills and a working knowledge of SIMS. A significant aspect of the role is first line contact, both faceto face and on the telephone with parents and a range of professioanls,therefore good communication skills are essential. For further information,please read the job description below. We look forward to receiving applicants with a warm and welcomingapproach to supporting parents, staff and children as part of our Minster MagicTeam! If you are interested in applying, please complete the applicationform. If you have any questions, please email: Sarah Stanier Closing Date: 14/04/2021 at 12:00 Interviews: TBA Information about the trust TILT is a local, high performing Trust that is invested in raisingaspirations for children and families in Swale. The Island Learning Trustpromotes and achieves excellence. It recognises the importance of outstandingteaching and learning by actively encouraging creativity and innovation, whilsthaving consistent standards of behaviour and attendance. Treating everyone asequal, whilst celebrating diversity, is a non-negotiable; protecting allthrough safeguarding, health and safety and welfare is paramount. The Trustscore mission is to drive transformation in eductional standards for all pupils;accelerating progress, raising standards of education achieved and theaspirations of the children and families we serve, developing high performing,outstanding schools for the future. Staff have a responsibility to be positive in their relationshipswith pupils and supportive of each other. We have a responsibilty to ensureevery moment a child is in our school will be spent productively. Throughthorough use of evidence we will enable all children to make excellentprogress. Our motto is "...to be the best we can be..." We maintain arelentless focus on raising standards of achievement so that all pupils haveopportunites to achieve their full potential. We expect all staff to maintain the highest professional standardsat all times. We put children first. Staff are prepared to go the extra mile toprovide the best possible education for their pupils. Our aim should always beto provide for the pupils of our school what we would want for our ownchildren. In order to do this we maintain a rigorous focus on: accelerating andimproving attainment and progress, improving the quality of teaching andlearning so that it is at least strongly good, effective leadership andaccountability structures and ensuring consistent application of agreed systemsand processes throughout all TILT schools. The Island Learning Trust was established on 1st November 2016. TheMAT was comprised of Minster Primary and Halfway Houses Primary, both schoolsare on the Isle of Sheppey, an area of high deprivation and socio economicchallenges. These two founding schools are both Ofsted rated good schools. Theoutcomes at Minster Primary are outstanding. Sunny Bank Primary School inSittingbourne joined TILT in February 2020 under a sponsorship arrangement andsignificant all round improvement has been made with the support of the MAT.Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an EnhancedDisclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. KTJ1