Senior Admin Officer/Attendance Officer

We require a Senior Admin Office/Attendance Officer to join Gordon Children’s Academy. You will be willing to support the organisation and efficient execution of the school office activities and provide clerical and administrative functions for the school under the direction or instruction of senior staff.

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“Leaders’ actions to make improvements and ensure consistency across the school have been successful. As a result, standards have risen sharply since the school opened.”

“Leaders’ non-negotiable expectations have led to improvements in teaching, which is now good.”

 OFSTED 2017  

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The Gordon’s Children’s Academy is based in the Strood area. Our Junior and Infant school work closely together to ensure that all staff and children work together as one.  We are lucky enough have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school. 

We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children, and our staff too.  We have high expectations of behaviour and we recognise that it is our responsibility to listen to the children verbally or by interpreting their behaviour. Pupils of Gordon’s Children’s Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in, we encourage use of a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.

What you will need to succeed:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Strong ICT skills
• Honest reliable and trustworthy with confidential information
• Promote excellent attendance and punctuality to reduce absence levels.
• Organise all admissions to the school in a timely manner.
• Willingness to undertake other administration tasks when required.

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth. 

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success

In this way we transform life chances

Click Here To view our Trust video to gain an insight into The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

What our Trust will offer you:

• The opportunity to work with happy children who come into school ready and excited to learn each morning. 
• Support from a vast network of senior leaders  within the school and our trust, our staff regularly get the opportunity to meet and share best practice within our trust.
• We  offer excellent CPD opportunities,
• Our Primary Academy offers lots of space and intervention and breakout areas.
• Staff who join our happy and friendly academy can also benefit from a discounted price of £10 a month for a membership of the Thinking Fitness gym, which is located on site at New Horizon’s Children’s academy in Chatham. 

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working at our small and friendly school, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

To arrange an informal telephone conversation please contact Kerry Masters on k.masters@tsatrust.org.uk. 

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.