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  • Job Title

    School Standards Board - Community Member (Governor)

  • Location

    Lightwater, Surrey

  • Posted

    5th February 2025

  • Salary

    £0 Voluntary Position

  • Hours

    Term Time

  • Description

    We are looking for committed individuals from the local community, and from all walks of life and backgrounds to join our Schools Standards Board. We are looking for those who can ...

  • Job Title

    Midday Supervisor

  • Location

    Lightwater, Surrey

  • Posted

    20th January 2025

  • Salary

    £2719.96 actual salary

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Are you passionate about creating a positive and supportive environment for children? Lightwater Village School are seeking a dedicated and caring Midday Lunchtime Supervisor to j ...

About Lightwater Village School

What we stand for

Our school stands at the heart of the village community of Lightwater. We offer an outstanding start to education for children from 4 to 7 years old, consistently achieving excellence yet also engaging children in imaginative and exciting themes whereby learning comes alive.

We welcome you to our website, through which you will find out a great deal about us and our provision for the best in education and learning. Through these pages we hope to keep you informed and involved whilst capturing a glimpse of the daily life of our highly successful and popular school. Lightwater Village School has a clear vision which is simply to ensure that every child experiences the enjoyment of learning whilst they grow and develop, enabling each to achieve their full potential both academically and personally. Together we grow, learn and flourish. For us, learning makes sense when children are actively involved through innovative ways of learning and working together. Our children, staff, parents and governors are extremely proud of all we achieve at Lightwater Village School.

Collaborative Working

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GLF Schools promotes a cross-cluster collaborative approach, allowing colleagues to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. Through this cluster model, GLF Schools is committed to providing opportunities for professional development and career progression.

Our School sits within a newly established cluster of Primary schools, overseen by a Regional Director. Along with Lightwater Village School, our cluster includes the following other schools; Springfield Primary School, Hammond Junior School, Cordwalles Junior School, Pine Ridge Infant School and Lorraine Infant School. 

Reasons to join our team at Lightwater

  • An exciting opportunity to develop a curriculum to meet the needs of local community
  • A well supported and vibrant learning environment with an emphasis on high levels of achievement
  • High expectations, yet caring ethos which focuses on the development of the whole child
  • A supportive senior management team and wider staff body within GLF Schools
  • Recognition of previous school continuous service.
  • Excellent staff CPD opportunities

Proud to be Part of GLF Schools

Where Children Grow, Learn and Flourish

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GLF Schools is a Multi-Academy Trust established in 2012. We believe that every child in our schools can achieve the highest academic standards whilst enjoying a vibrant, challenging and rich curriculum. What we say in our motto is true: "Where Children Grow, Learn and Flourish." Whilst operating as a part of a family, each of our schools has its own distinct character and culture which is respectful of its community and context but their utmost common ground is that it is our staff that make each school. Our collective GLF culture is built upon caring for our children and students by enabling our staff to provide the best possible education with the resources at our disposal.

We have a simple mission. "To be a supportive family of schools where together we grow, learn and flourish”

Thrive in a Career with GLF

Joining GLF schools brings a wealth of opportunity both personally and professionally. Each school in our trust has its own individual identity, while benefiting from the expertise that comes from a dedicated and experienced support team. GLF Schools will recognise your skills, encourage creativity and provide opportunities for you to grow, learn and flourish. As a member of staff you can expect GLF to invest in your career progression, provide a bespoke career development plan and offer the potential to be fast tracked into leadership. GLF Schools has a generous employment offer which allows our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish.

For more information about the benefits of working for GLF, please click here to visit our GLF Careers page. 

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Talent Pool

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Our Location

Catena Rise, Lightwater

Our Location

Our Location
Swavesey
Cambs
CB24 4RS

Train, Learn & Grow with GLF Teaching School Hub



GLF is proud to have been selected by the Department for Education as one of the country's 87 centres of excellence for teacher training and development. As a Teaching School Hub, GLF provides high-quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers across our 43 GLF Trust schools and 475 other schools in the local region.

As a Teaching School Hub, GLF delivers initial teacher training, early career teacher support, and training for teachers in their first two years of teaching, as well as middle and senior leader training programs, through the delivery of our suite of national professional qualifications. GLF is also the Appropriate Body for over 730 early career teachers within GLF and beyond into West Sussex, ensuring that all early career teachers are well-supported and effectively trained.

We have excellent regional partnerships that benefit all teachers, support staff, and school leaders who work for GLF or collaborate with GLF’s Teaching School Hub. Many of our past trainee teachers go on to be mentors and leaders who come back and facilitate through GLF’s Teaching School Hub.

GLF Teaching Schools Hub seeks to train, develop, and grow ambitious teachers who grow into outstanding leaders.

GLF is exceptionally proud of GLF Schools Teacher Training, where our initial teacher training program integrates seamlessly with GLF’s Teaching School Hub programs to support all teachers on their journey to excellence.

 Working with Inspiring Future Teachers, GLF’s Initial Teacher Training Hub offers fee-paying and employment-based routes with PGCE for teacher training in primary and secondary schools. Our training programs are led by excellent, experienced, practicing facilitators who care for and develop our passionate trainees into the teaching profession. Our wide range of support and partnerships means we offer outstanding retention and employment rates for our trainee teachers.

Train, learn, and grow with GLF TSH

Find out more about GLF Teaching School Hub HERE