Access Arrangements Coordinator
Royal Grammar School
Newcastle upon Tyne
- New
- Salary:
- Up to £37,000 gross per annum FTE (pro-rated to up to £27,000 gross per annum)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
We are seeking a part-time Access Arrangements Coordinator who will bring enthusiasm and commitment to the role of working with our students with learning differences.
You will support the teaching and learning of our SEN students through one-to-one sessions, small-group teaching, lesson recommendations and the development of study skills from Years 3 to 13. The role also involves responsibility for collating all paperwork needed to process exam access arrangements for GCSE and A-Level exams in line with the current JCQ guidelines. This will involve working closely with our Exams Office in ensuring access arrangements for GCSE and A Level are appropriate and rigorously administered in all internal and public exams.
The Learning Support Department within RGS is a vibrant, busy and highly regarded department that sits at the heart of the school’s ethos. The successful candidate will enjoy working with a team of dedicated professionals and will report to the Head of Learning Support – SENDCo.
Hours: The weekly hours for this role will be 34.5 hours per week during term time, worked over five days (Monday to Friday). Two of the five working days will be a half day (specific days/times will be agreed with the successful candidate). The normal core working hours for this role will be as follows: 8.30am – 4.30pm on full days. Start and end times on the half days will be agreed with the successful candidate. Please see the job information for further details.
Salary: The salary for this role will be up to £37k gross per annum (full-time equivalent) on the RGS Support Staff Salary Scale. As this role is part-time (i.e. 34.5 hours per week) and term time only, the salary will be pro-rated to up to £27k gross per annum. The actual salary offered will be dependent on the experience and qualifications offered by the successful candidate.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9.00am on Friday 29th November 2024.
RGS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of neurodivergence, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Whilst all applications are considered on merit, we would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our staff community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-interview referencing, internet searches and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check with the children’s barred list check and other appropriate checks.
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About Royal Grammar School
- Royal Grammar School
- Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne And Wear
- NE2 4DX
- United Kingdom
Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525. Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country's leading schools, and the Sunday Times’ North East Independent School of the Decade 2020. Most recently, RGS was awarded the Sunday Times’ 2023 North East's Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance. We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.
The RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,320 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 330 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational 20 years ago and girls now comprise 46% of the school.
The school is based in the heart of the City, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station. The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.
Academically the school is highly selective. Students are assessed for entry at the key entry points (Y3, Y5, Y7 and a handful at Y9, plus sixth form). The biggest entry points are Y3 (60 students), Y7 (c.75 students) and Y12 (c. 45 students). Beyond the academics, in Junior School (Y3-6) entry is assessed through activity days whilst at Y7 students are assessed through online tests and an interaction day. Sixth form entry is through interview only. Students sit baseline tests in Y7, Y10, and L6 – the average GLA CAT score for both the current Y7 and L6 is 117.
Academic selection and excellent teaching means the school’s results are exceptional. The published figures for 2023 are on the school’s website. For A Level, 34% of A level grades were at A*; 71% A*- A; and 89% A* - B. For GCSE, the proportion of grade 9s was 41.2%; 9 – 8 was 67.8%; and 9 – 7 was 85.8%. These results placed the RGS 51st, nationally, in The Sunday Times Parent Power survey, up from 73rd place in 2022.
In 2021 The Sunday Times Parent Power survey judged RGS Newcastle to be the North East Independent School of the Decade. Since then, the RGS has consistently ranked first for academic results in the North East. In 2023, as well as receiving accreditation for the Wellbeing Award for Schools, the RGS was awarded the overall title of Independent School of the Year for the whole of the UK, following winning the category for Outstanding Educational Partnerships. We have more recently been awarded the title of Sunday Times Parent Power North East Independent School of the Year for 2024.
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