Oathall Community College
West Sussex
£25,273 - £25,274 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
29 September 2025
Job overview
Fixed term for two years (funding dependent)
Hours per week: Full time 37 hours, Monday to Friday - all year round. Very occasional weekend work may be required.
Hours of work: Generally based around the school day but you will be expected to run after school farm clubs until around 4:30pm, 3 days a week.
Grade NJC 6. SCP 9-12
Salary Starting salary £27,254
Are you passionate about the outdoors, animals and nature? Can you inspire and demonstrate the benefits of being outdoors to young people and adults? Are you confident and skilled at delivering learning activities? We are looking for an experienced and creative individual to play a key role in developing and delivering Oathall farm's education work with children and young people.
Benefits include participation in the generous local government pension scheme, free use of the school gym. Access to WSCC employee benefits.
We welcome applications from candidates with the right skills, and we are happy to explore more flexible working hours or patterns to support the right candidate. If this is the case, please tell us in your application letter/email.
Oathall Community College and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
Application forms and the job description can also be found on the 'Vacancies' page of the Oathall Community College website. Please submit your application to Sara Atkin, HR Administrator. If you would like a tour of the farm and to find out more before submitting an application please contact Sara Atkin.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 29 September. Interviews will take place w/c 6 October.
Suitable candidates may be invited to interview prior to the closing date, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
About Oathall Community College
Oathall Community College
Appledore Gardens, Lindfield
West Sussex
RH16 2AQ
United Kingdom
"Oathall is a large, happy school community" Ofsted inspection 2023
Oathall
is a mixed comprehensive secondary school for students aged between 11 and 16. We are situated on the boundaries of the town of Haywards Heath and the village of Lindfield in the heart of Mid-Sussex. The college opened in 1938 and has a full spectrum of specialist accommodation and facilities including well-equipped classrooms, a music centre, library, drama & dance studios, a fitness gym and a large sports hall. Outside we have large playing fields used for sport, a floodlit full-size 3G artificial turf pitch and a five acre farm. In 2022, we were told that Oathall was a confirmed project under the DFE school rebuilding progrmme. We anticipate the project will commence in around
Our teaching and learning aim is simply to ensure the best possible progress and high attainment for every student. We offer a broad, balanced curriculum based on our knowledge of our students that challenges and motivates students to achieve their best. Academic and vocational success is complemented by an extensive extra curricular programme. Oathall prides itself on its excellent pastoral organisation and inclusion policy which is recognised as an example of best practice. Pastoral care is based around a year group structure. We also operate a traditional house system, consisting of four houses, Discovery, Endeavour, Pioneer and Voyager.
Oathall works in a spirit of co-operation and industry with a deep respect for high standards of attitude and attainment. This, together with an excellent curriculum and friendly atmosphere, leads to the education of a first-rate set of well-adjusted and highly qualified young people. The strong and effective teaching staff, excellent resources and atmosphere of hard work ensure that Oathall children have the highest possible quality of learning.
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