This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre‑employment checks, including enhanced DBS, prohibition check, childcare disqualification (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references and an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.
The ideal candidate will need to be confident and able to communicate effectively. You will need to have excellent administration skills and be able to work effectively as part of a busy team. We need a committed team player with excellent organisational skills – able to work independently, use ICT efficiently, manage time effectively, and prioritise workload with high levels of drive and resilience. The successful candidate will remain calm, friendly, and respectful towards pupils, staff, parents/carers, and visitors while working in a busy and varied environment. They will be efficient, reliable, and highly competent in using ICT packages and able to work on their own initiative. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self‑motivated and flexible person with excellent interpersonal skills. Applicants should be numerate with a high level of oral and written communication skills and able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines. The role is 36.5 hours per week, term‑time only (12‑month maternity cover).
* Have energy, enthusiasm and experience of raising achievement with pupils of all abilities
* Have a passion for their subject
* Have the ability to motivate and inspire pupils to their full potential
* Have an unrelenting focus on the learning experience of all their classes
* Support the Catholic ethos of the school
* Enrich the lives of our pupils through the opportunities they offer them
About Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School is an exceptional place to study and work. We are a relatively small secondary school of around 800 students and 60 teaching staff, providing a warm, welcoming and nurturing teaching environment with excellent support for staff. Our mission statement – “Omnia Pro Christo”, meaning ‘all for Christ’ – gives us a clear purpose to live out our lives to the best of our ability with God as our witness. The curriculum at our school sets us apart. It is founded on the principle that all pupils have an entitlement to learn the very best that has been thought and said. Our knowledge‑engaged curriculum is the product of extensive research. As a research‑led school, we regularly visit other schools, attend education events, and commit much time to educational reading. Each year we aim to work with a high‑profile education professional – this has included working with Adam Boxer, Harry Fletcher‑Wood and Margaret Mulholland, experts in their fields and distinguished authors of education literature. Our staff are passionate about this work and are very proud of the curriculum and the outcomes it produces.
The element of our curriculum which is radically different and highly valued by staff and pupils is our Transformation Curriculum. On Friday afternoons, all pupils opt for a 75‑minute activity to end the week. The activities are offered by all of our staff, as well as external providers, and the choice for staff is to offer anything at all that they are passionate about and that they think pupils will enjoy. The range of activities is vast – taekwondo, volunteering at a local school and care home, learning British Sign Language, gardening – you name it, we do it. The children at Cardinal Wiseman are inspirational. They are made in the image and likeness of God and bring their individual gifts to our school community. They flourish in virtue and academically over their time here. Our commitment to their character development is evident in our exceptional behaviour. Our behaviour policy is clear and followed by all, all of the time. As a result, teachers at Cardinal Wiseman can focus wholly on teaching the subject they are knowledgeable and passionate about because our lessons are disruption‑free.
You would be joining a very successful, oversubscribed school for 11‑16 year olds which offers exciting opportunities for hard‑working and ambitious individuals. You do not have to be Catholic or a person of religion to work at Cardinal Wiseman. Many of our staff are of no faith and yet they love the added dimension that a faith school brings. Even if you do not believe in God, the values and teachings help create a beautiful environment and ethos to learn and work within.
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