Education Welfare Officer

EDUCATION WELFARE OFFICER FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST

SALARY – £32,654 - £37,938 (£27,962 - £32,486 ACTUAL SALARY)

GRADE – GRADE 8, SCP 22 – 28

HOURS – 37 HOURS PER WEEK

CONTRACT TYPE – FULL TIME, TERM TIME ONLY, PERMANENT

START DATE – AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Thank you for considering joining our trust. We are privileged to be the CEOs of the Brighter Futures

Learning Partnership Trust (BFLPT) and to be working with like‐minded headteachers, leaders, staff

and board members who understand how important education is to life chances and social mobility.

The BFLPT Board is determined to see a high‐performing multi‐academy Trust which delivers

exceptional and enriching learning experiences for all its children, young people and staff. We

believe that by working collaboratively, we will create an educational platform on which to build the

strong foundations needed for educational success.

There could not be a better time to join our Trust, which includes a diverse and successful range of

schools; four Doncaster primary schools, an infant school, an 11-16 secondary school (Hungerhill)

and Doncaster University Technical College. Hungerhill School benefitted from being a Teaching and

National Support school for many years; its legacy of strong collaboration is still recognised today

both locally and nationally with strong student outcomes above national averages. Doncaster UTC

opened in 2020 in a state-of-the-art building which supports the strong employer led curriculum

designed to create the engineers and technologists of the future. The school has already won several

national and local awards and is recognised by Baker Dearing Trust as being one of its flagship

schools. More recently we have been awarded a second Free School Bid and the Trust will open a

second Doncaster UTC specialising in Green Technologies and Health Care Sciences. We are excited

about the future and the many expanding professional development opportunities for our staff.

In September 2021 we implemented a new Primary Knowledge Curriculum in all primary and infant

schools and all our schools are heavily invested in the development of a mathematics mastery

curriculum and lead on a number of projects supported by the South Yorkshire Maths Hubs.

We are extremely proud that our Ofsted reports have acknowledged that all our schools are good or

better. The reports demonstrate that our schools are delivering better student/pupil outcomes by

working together, sharing leadership and teacher knowledge and resources. All of this, of course,

could not be achieved without our strong body of exceptionally hard-working and committed

support staff. This has been testament to the strong investment in staff and pupils; our standards

are high, but we take the investment in our staff very seriously.

We are also part of a network of national schools who are reshaping their curriculum, drawing on

research and cognitive based science which will ensure all our children make accelerated progress.

We employ a number of Ofsted trained consultants across the Trust who are supporting our subject

leaders to design and shape the best learning experiences for our young people and in doing so, we

are providing very bespoke support and training for teaching staff who want to invest in themselves.

We are very proud of our story so far.

Our robust teacher development programmes and associate staff performance management

systems allow for internal recognition and support to help encourage colleagues to thrive and

develop within role. We are also very clear about reasonable, professional expectations, so that

colleagues understand what is required of them, and are confident in their ability to deliver.

We also have many associate staff who are being supported to develop themselves through

additional professional courses as we believe this is the hallmark of an outstanding Trust.

The successful candidate will be based at Central Trust but may be required to work elsewhere

within the Trust, as may reasonably be required by the Headteacher/Principal, CEO for the discharge

of their duties.

Further details and application forms are available by visiting our website at brighterfutureslpt.com.

(CV’s will not be accepted for this post). If you feel you are the person we are looking for, you

should fill in the enclosed application form and add a concise letter of no more than two sides of A4

(this must be submitted as a separate document and not included in the body of an email)

addressing the following:

• Why you are applying for this position.

• How your experience to date will enable you to successfully take on the role.

If you would like to talk to one of the CEOs, please contact us and we will arrange for this as soon as

possible.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 21st October 2024. Please apply to

vacancies@brighterfutureslpt.com

Interviews will be held on Monday 4th November 2024.

*Please note that if you have not been contacted by Thursday 24th October 2024, you have not

been shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All

candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an

application.

As BFLPT we promote diversity and applications are welcome from all, irrespective of sex, sexuality,

race, religion, marital status, age or disability.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will

undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with previous

employers.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders

Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that

certain spent convictions are ‘protected’.

These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance

and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of

Justice website.

The school/UTC will carry out on-line searches as part of their due diligence checks on

shortlisted candidates who will also be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and

those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for

further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your

application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information

from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

Shortlisted candidates will be emailed a self-disclosure form together with a flow chart

detailing what is ‘protected’ under the Act and should not be disclosed. This MUST be returned

before interview.

With our very best wishes,

Helen Redford Hernandez & Garath Rawson

CEOs of Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trus