Salary: G11, £34,723 per annum pro rata, actual salary £31,558 per annum.
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time plus an additional 2 weeks during term breaks.
Cotham School is seeking to appoint a temporary Learning Co-ordinator to cover a period of an internal secondment from January 2023.
The Role
The role is a ‘Head of Year’ post and the successful candidate will take responsibility for a specific year group of students.
This post presents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious candidate to make a significant contribution to the outcomes and life chances of our students.
All Learning Coordinators work to support excellent teaching and learning, behaviour for learning, values-based interactions, Safeguarding, and student wellbeing, achievement and attainment at Cotham.
We offer:
The opportunity to join a successful and hugely oversubscribed school
A wonderfully diverse student body
A committed and enthusiastic staff group
Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
Cotham School is a great place to work. We’re a fantastic friendly team, proud of what we achieve and looking forward to welcoming new people to share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
a generous holiday allowance for support staff of 24 days, rising to 29 with service
excellent work life balance with term time working arrangements
excellent defined benefit pension schemes (Local government pension scheme)
access to employee assistance programme and counselling sessions
ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library
at least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals
comprehensive induction process
competitive salaries which are reviewed annually
family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives
access to online gyms and health sessions
access to staff sports
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
on site free car parking (when available)
free eye tests (VDU users) and free annual flu jab
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: 9 December 2022
Interview Date: 14 December 2022
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
• Enhanced DBS check
• Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
• Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
• The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
• Verification of identity
• Verification of medical fitness
• Verification of qualifications
• Verification of QTS where required
• Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.