Job Information
Ark Kings Academy
Shannon Road
Birmingham
B38 9DE
Telephone Number: 0121 459 4451
Email Address: [email protected]
Job Start Date: May 2023
Working Pattern: 42 hours per week excluding 30 minuute lunch break
Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 5:00pm and Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Ofsted February 2022:
- pupils in the primary phase enjoy coming to school. They are confident, curious, and eager to learn. They feel safe and are well cared for. Teachers and leaders expect all pupils to achieve well and to behave well. Pupils meet these expectations. Pupils and adults get on well and they work together in a culture of respect and kindness
- from the beginning of nursery, pupils in the primary phase are taught how to look after themselves and to understand their feelings and those of other people. They support one another and are happy to embrace new challenges. They are responsible and respectful
- leadership in the early years is good, resulting in children receiving a good quality of education
Ofsted December 2022:
- safeguarding is effective
- leaders have been resolute in making sure that the safety of pupils is paramount
- leaders have developed and unified expert teams of staff, including pastoral, welfare, and behaviour, to work alongside the safeguarding team. This has strengthened leaders’ ability to identify concerns very rapidly. It has also ensured that help is quickly at hand for pupils and their families
- pupils say that they know who they can talk to if they have a problem
- leaders have radically overhauled the systems used by the school to improve pupils’ behaviour. This has been very well-received by pupils
- you have established much higher expectations of pupils’ learning behaviours
About the role:
We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic School Nurse. You will provide students and staff with first aid support, complete and record all care plans and draw up individual health care plans for students, in liaison with parents and outside agencies.
Ideally you will have some experience of working with and supporting young people with special needs in a learning environment. This is a great opportunity to be part of a true community school and to support pupils in reaching their potential.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How to apply
Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
Support Staff
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
This means 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.
Further information
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.