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Minibus Driver - Newcastle Bridges School

Minibus Driver - Newcastle Bridges School

Newcastle Bridges School

Newcastle upon Tyne

  • £22,369 - £23,194 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
N4 £22,369 - £23,194 (actual salary £17,390)
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
27 September 2023

Job overview

Hours: 25 hours a week, term time only, split shift hours 07:30 to 10:00 then 14:00 to 15:30

Required as soon as possible, Newcastle Bridges Schools are seeking to appoint a Minibus Driver with an interest in working with pupils with SEMH and challenging behaviours.

Newcastle Bridges School provides excellent educational opportunities to pupils whose education has been interrupted by mental or physical ill-health or school phobia. We seek to support each pupil’s access to a full-time, broad and balanced education appropriate to their potential and their educational needs and encourage reintegration into mainstream whenever relevant. Newcastle Bridges School was judged by Ofsted to be ‘outstanding’ (May 2022).

Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 with Newcastle Bridges School and Mary Astell Academy. Thomas Bewick School joined the Trust in April 2019, Harry Watts Academy in September 2020 and Gilbert Ward Academy will open during the 2023/2024 academic year. We are striving to build further collaboration across the academies and grow as a multi-academy trust, whilst continuing to strengthen our relationships with schools outside the MAT for the benefit of our pupils.

The Trust is proud to say that the Real Living Wage is matched and we also offer the successful candidate:

  • A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another
  • Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide CPD programmes
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group
  • Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme

Prosper Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work within the Trust is expected to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will 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 and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

The successful candidates will be deployed initially at Newcastle Bridges School but will be expected to work at any Prosper Learning Trust site should the need arise.

Closing date: Wednesday 27th September 2023

Interviews will be held during week commencing: Monday 2nd October 2023

 

Completed application forms should be returned to:

jobapplications@prosperlearningtrust.co.uk

Please clearly state in the subject header of your email JOB APPLICATION the PLACE and the ROLE you are applying for, i.e. JOB APPLICATION, NEWCASTLE BRIDGES SCHOOL, MINIBUS DRIVER.

Please note: We can only accept CVs when accompanied by a fully completed application form.

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About Newcastle Bridges School

+44 191 6053559

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Newcastle Bridges School is a multi-site alternative provision academy within Prosper Learning Trust which provides education to pupils from ages 4-19 whose education has been interrupted by mental or physical ill-health or school phobia. They may be hospitalised or are not able to fully access mainstream education due to medical or mental health reasons. They may be referred via the Local Authority, regional and national health services or home schools can directly commission places. Pupils may be singularly or dual registered depending on their circumstances.

The school is made up of a diverse range of provisions some of which are within NHS settings. These provisions are widely recognised for the expertise they provide both regionally and nationally. Education staff from Newcastle Bridges School work in partnership with staff from the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust within these settings.

Newcastle Bridges School seeks to support each pupil’s access to a full-time, broad and balanced education appropriate to their potential and their educational needs and encourage reintegration into mainstream whenever relevant.

The school is based across numerous sites, some of which are within NHS settings, as follows:

Newcastle Bridges School at Kenton

Newcastle Bridges School at Kenton offers education to pupils aged 11-16 years old who are unable to access mainstream school due to medical and mental health needs.  It offers a smaller and more nurturing environment than most mainstream secondary settings. A secondary curriculum is followed and pupils sit external exams.

The Medical Pathway Team are based within this provision and provide education to pupils in the community who are unable to access the Kenton Provision for medical reasons, supporting them in a transition back to an education setting appropriate to the individual learner.

The Great North Children’s Hospital/Freeman Hospital (Paediatric Hospital Wards)

Caters for pupils whose education is interrupted by regular stays, or a long term stay in hospital. Pupils are taught by a team of teachers in the different specialist paediatric wards or in the hospital classroom.

Alnwood at St. Nicholas’ Hospital (Forensic Mental Health)

A mental health clinical setting for 12-18 year olds with mental health needs or an additional learning disability.

Ferndene Hospital at Prudhoe (Mental Health)

A purpose built inpatient centre which provides assessment and treatment for 12 to 18 year olds with complex health, behavioural and emotional needs including those with a learning disability.

Walkergate Park (Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorder Service)

A specialist second opinion service for nursery or primary school aged children who may have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other complex communication/mental health/neuro-developmental problems.

Community Education Service

Specialist teachers work in community settings, supporting pupils in a transition back to education setting appropriate to the individual learner. The team offers bespoke teaching following a medical referral which recommends a set number of hours teaching based on the pupil’s health.

For further information about our school, please see our website here.

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