Student Support Manager
Reports to : Head of Year/ Assistant Principal
Start Date: ASAP
Working Pattern: Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)
Salary : Ark Band 6, Pay Point 8-19 (£25,740-£30,903) depending on experience.
Closing date: 09.00am Friday 3rd February 2023 [Please note that interviews will be held on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to close the application process early. Early application is advised.
Interviews will take place during the week commencing 6th February 2023.
Flexible and part time working will be considered.
About the role:
We are looking to recruit a Student Support Manager who believes in the limitless potential of all children to join our Pastoral Team. The ideal candidate will be an excellent role model who always upholds the highest expectations of all students, always builds positive relationships with children and adults and balances rigour with care.
We have carefully planned out the levels of self – discipline and attendance that we expect from our pupils. Our approach to pastoral care is clear, we expect the best of pupils, and treat them with the utmost care and kindness. At times this care and kindness involves holding pupils to account, and being unwavering in our expectations. The role of the Pastoral Team is to support the excellent teaching that happens at every day at Ark John Keats. We need a Student Support Manager who is committed to ensuring that the children of Enfield receive a world class education, enabling them to have genuine choice over their lives.
About us:
Ark John Keats was founded in 2013 with one class of reception children. We are now a fully-fledged all-through school, running from nursery to year 13, with over 1700 children. Our secondary school is oversubscribed, with a waiting list for every year group. Our community is composed of supportive and committed families who buy into our vision and work with us to ensure their children achieve all they are capable of in the future.
We aspire for all our children to have the academic knowledge necessary to enable them to progress to university, for pupils to have a love of learning and curiosity about the world, and for them to be polite, well-mannered young people who take responsibility for their choices and drive their own destinies.
Ark John Keats is part of Ark Schools, a hugely successful network serving pupils from deprived communities. Our network shares a belief in our six pillars:
- High expectations: we have high expectations of ourselves and for what our children can achieve
- Excellent teaching: great teaching is what transforms children’s attainment and opens door for the future.
- Exemplary behaviour: children can and should be taught to behave well, following instructions first time, every time, without question.
- Depth for breadth: with a curriculum that encompasses the best of what has been thought and said ensuring our pupils have the knowledge and cultural capital to thrive in the classroom and beyond.
- Knowing every child: we get to know and care deeply about each of our pupils as individuals.
- Always learning: we expect pupils to always learn, but also for our staff to continually develop their professional expertise, supported by Ark’s broad professional development offer.
At Ark John Keats, we believe in rigour – our curriculum is full of challenge, and we know that our children are intellectually resilient and capable of learning lots in every subject no matter what their starting point.
We believe in exemplary behaviour – we have sky high standards and support all children to reach these, by focusing on developing pupils’ self-regulation, explicitly teaching pupils how to behave, and by working closely with families.
We believe in the limitless potential of all children – if children work hard, there are no limits to what they can achieve.
We are looking for an ambitious and committed individual to join our team to help us realise the potential we see in the young people we work with. Our staff are ambitious for our pupils, incredibly aligned and highly motivated. As a school, we make more time for professional development: 14 days of training across the year, dedicated CPD every Wednesday afternoon and regular individual coaching. As part of the Ark network, we also have access to training programmes to develop staff at all levels.
In advance of applying please do explore our website and see our relevant phase briefings. For further information, technical queries regarding the application system or to arrange to discuss the role please contact us at recruitment@arkjohnkeatsacademy.org or call us on 020 8443 3113.
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.