First Aid Coordinator & Teaching Assistant - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
The Buckingham School Requires: First Aid Coordinator and Teaching Assistant
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 4 (£30,361 - £32,594 FTE) Actual Salary £23,377 - £25,097
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 34 Hours per week (08.10-15.30 Monday- Friday, Term Time) 39 Weeks per year, (includes 5 Inset Days)
Closing date: 02/06/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: Week Commencing 2nd June 2025
About us
We are a thriving school with over 1000 students on roll, ranging from students aged 11-18.
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
Website: https://www.buckinghamschool.org/
About the role
The Buckingham School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic First Aid Coordinator and Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team. You will give immediate help to members of the community with common injuries or illnesses, provide administration and monitoring of medical support plans and ensure medical plans for students are in place and shared with staff.
The successful candidate will hold a recognised First Aid qualification, be able to remain calm and be a support in delivering excellent medical support during emergencies to Students and staff. The successful candidate will also engage with working to support students with special educational needs or disabilities in the classroom.
We are a thriving school with over 1000 students on roll, ranging from students aged 11-18.
Whilst academic achievement lies at the heart of what we do, we never forget the importance of fostering mutual respect and decency amongst our pupils. We believe that all our children have something to offer, and we are driven by a desire to find areas where each of them can excel.
We strive for “Success for All”. We pride ourselves on our key objectives:
• A vibrant, exciting learning community
• Students develop knowledge, skills and qualities - and the qualifications – needed to thrive in life and work
• Innovation to enhance all learning opportunities
• Student ownership and responsibility
• A supportive and respectful environment
• An inclusive and proud school community
• Strong parent engagement and bond
How will you contribute...
● Provide medical assistance to students and staff.
● Provide administrative support, ensuring medical records are accurately maintained
● Support the school by providing medical information where requested
● Deal with medical emergencies when required in a calm and caring manner
● Collaborate with other members of the team to uphold the vision and ethos of the school at all times
● Provide excellent customer service to a range of stakeholders
● To develop an understanding of the specific needs of pupils to be supported
● To ensure the safety of the pupil/s while in your care.
Support the School
● Where appropriate, to foster links between home and school regarding medical issues
● To liaise, advise and consult with other members of the SEN Team
● To participate in relevant professional development
● To be aware of / follow school policies and procedures
● To maintain confidentiality about home- school / pupil- teacher/ school work matters
● To complete any other task as directed by the Headteacher.
About you
For further information please see attached Job description & Person specification.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org.
Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected].
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
