GAP STUDENT

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The School is seeking two enthusiastic and motivated gap year students with keen interest in the area of sports to support the PE department in the games sessions along with supporting the Wrap Around Care team during breakfast club. This role is ideal for someone taking a structured break before university or further education and looking to gain valuable work experience, develop key skills, and contribute meaningfully in a professional environment. The posts will mainly involve working as a member of the Sports department and in particular supporting either the Director or Deputy Director of Sport. The School’s main aim is to provide a curriculum that is broad and balanced, covering the academic, artistic and physical elements that are crucial for the development of the whole child. This role is a great opportunity for those who are planning a career working with young people and who need experience to get their first job or get onto a course. You can prepare for a career working with children and demonstrate the impact you can have on their lives. It is a one-year post which gives you an insight into a range of roles on offer in schools. You will help with administrative work, lunch duties, sports arrangements, lessons and matches. You will learn to plan, organise, support, extend and enrich the lives of children and be a reliable team player and will work with children in all age ranges from the Nursery to Prep. The Gap student will start the day with Breakfast Club which operates daily from 7.30 am but this is an additional part of the role and is flexible. You may need to work occasional evenings and weekends to support fixtures.

FURTHER DETAILS

Application closes: 12.00 noon on Monday 23 June 2025

Interviews: week commencing 23 June 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 September 2025

Salary: £14,000 p.a. or £16,000 p.a. if also work in Wrap Around Care (WAC) each morning

Contract type: Full-time, 1 year fixed-term (2025-26 academic year)

Contract term: Term-time only (33 weeks)

We welcome early applications and reserve the right to interview and make an appointment prior to the closing date.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

This role amounts to regulated activity with children. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children." Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Employees will be required to support and encourage the school’s ethos and its objectives, policies and procedures as agreed by the governing body. Employees shall uphold the school’s policy in respect of child protection and safeguarding matters. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. All members of staff are required to participate in the school’s appraisal scheme. The job description is current at the date shown, but in consultation with you, may be changed by the Head to reflect or anticipate changes in the job commensurate with the grade and job title. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of school in relation to post-holder’s professional responsibilities and duties

Safeguarding

Newland House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in accordance with the guidelines of the government document, Keeping Children Safe in Education. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Newland House School values diversity, equity and inclusion for its pupils and staff. We want our community to feel valued and respected, so we are working hard to build an inclusive culture which celebrates diversity in different forms to reflect the community we serve. We believe that having a diverse workforce offers different perspectives which helps us to work towards our shared vision and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join our School.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates should pay attention to the summary of the role/person specification and explain within their application how they meet the criteria, whilst also describing what they will bring to the post from their own knowledge and experience. Completed applications with a covering letter should be sent to the HR Manager by the closing date. No CVs will be accepted. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close the advert early depending on the volume of applications we receive. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. We will only be contacting those candidates who have been selected to progress to the next stage of the process. Please note that referees will be contacted prior to the interview. If you would like an informal confidential discussion regarding this role prior to application then please contact HR Manager, Ashlesha Sarang-Patel via email on asarang-patel@newlandhouse.ne

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