Sixth Form Co-ordinator Contract Full Time NEW

Philosophy Education, Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Philosophy Education, Ltd. is recruiting a Sixth Form Co-Ordinator for Kensington & Chelsea secondary school in London. You will supervise sixth-form students, guide them through UCAS and university choices, and support attendance, behaviour and study routines.

The role demands a proactive, confident mentor who can liaise with KS5 students, staff and external agencies to secure progress and ensure a positive sixth form atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sixth Form Co-ordinator or similar role.
• Ability to supervise and guide sixth-form students in university choices.
• Strong organisational and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• To supervise and manage the silent Study Area.
• To ensure an effective working environment during all periods in the school day.
• To ensure students are registered for every study period within the first 5 minutes.
• To ensure all Students are actively working throughout their study periods.
• To ensure no food or drink other than water is consumed in the Study Area.
• To ensure mobile phone and other IT devices are used appropriately during study periods
• To help maintain a formal ethos and decorum around all sixth form working spaces
• To attend all Sixth Form assemblies. This will help the SFC keep abreast of any notices or reminders for teaching, learning, assessments and examinations affecting students.
• To meet regularly with the APSF identify, discuss and set strategies to secure the progress and attainment of students.
• To collate and use personalised learning plans for each individual student in both Year 12 and Year 13.
• To pro-actively support the Head of Sixth Form in checking the Dress Code, equipment, diaries etc.
• To liaise sensitively and effectively with KS5 students, acting as a role model and establishing constructive and supportive relationships with them.
• To support, guide, mentor and motivate students whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
• To deal with day-to-day issues of students, assessing each situation and taking appropriate actions to resolve them, using judgement to refer where necessary.
• To alert relevant staff of emotional/social problems in students’ home life that could affect their attendance, behaviour, completion of coursework/homework etc. and to request information about student progress from staff.
• To liaise as necessary with external agencies, including Social Services, and other colleagues in the school
• To provide objective and accurate feedback, information and reports
• Providing guidance and support to students re the completion of applications
• Liaise with the UCAS lead to help ensure all UCAS applications are completed to a high standard
• To work in conjunction with the Sixth Form Team and Attendance Officer on a daily basis, to ensure phone calls home are made to ascertain why a pupil is absent from school.
• To record issues in students’ attendance as and where appropriate
• To support students whose attendance and punctuality may be problematic with their study skills and work completion
• To meet and record pupils who are late on a daily basis, in order to monitor punctuality.
• To run an extra-curricular society of your own choosing

Skills

Student mentoring

Organisation

Communication

Job description

• Sixth form Co – Ordinator


• Temp – Perm


• Asap Start


• Kensington & Chelsea Secondary school

A diverse and inclusive mixed secondary school in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea are looking for a sixth form Co-Ordinator to join their school Asap

The Role

The school is seeking a hard-working, enthusiastic, and dedicatedSixth Form co-Ordinator who has the experience to supervisor and guide sixth-form students in their Choices for University and beyond

Key responsibilities include:

• To supervise and manage the silent Study Area.


• To ensure an effective working environment during all periods in the school day.


• To ensure students are registered for every study period with in the first 5 minutes.


• To ensure all Students are actively working throughout their study periods.


• To ensure no food or drink other than water is consumed in the Study Area.


• To ensure mobile phone and other IT devices are used appropriately during study periods


• To help maintain a formal ethos and decorum around all sixth form working spaces


• To attend all Sixth Form assemblies. This will help the SFC keep abreast of any notices or


• reminders for teaching, learning, assessments and examinations affecting students.


• To meet regularly with the APSF identify, discuss and set strategies to secure the progress and attainment of students.


• To collate and use personalised learning plans for each individual student in both Year 12 and Year 13.


• To pro-actively support the Head of Sixth Form in checking the Dress Code, equipment, diaries etc.


• To liaise sensitively and effectively with KS5 students, acting as a role model and establishing constructive and supportive relationships with them.


• To support, guide, mentor and motivate students whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.


• To deal with day-to-day issues of students, assessing each situation and taking appropriate actions to resolve them, using judgement to refer where necessary.


• To alert relevant staff of emotional/social problems in students’ home life that could affect their attendance, behaviour, completion of coursework/homework etc. and to request information about student progress from staff.


• To liaise as necessary with external agencies, including Social Services, and other colleagues in the school


• To provide objective and accurate feedback, information and reports


• Providing guidance and support to students re the completion of applications


• Liaise with the UCAS lead to help ensure all UCAS applications are completed to a high standard


• To work in conjunction with the Sixth Form Team and Attendance Officer on a daily basis, to ensure phone calls home are made to ascertain why a pupil is absent from school.


• To record issues in students’ attendance as and where appropriate


• To support students whose attendance and punctuality may be problematic with their study skills and work completion


• To meet and record pupils who are late on a daily basis, in order to monitor punctuality.


• To run an extra-curricular society of your own choosing

The school

This comprehensive secondary school is based in the Kensington and Chelsea Borough and is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The school iscommitted to educating and supporting pupils to become confident and successful young people and is very popular within the local community. Staff at the school have high expectations for students and pupil behaviour is good. The senior leadership are committed to ensuring there is high quality teaching, in a safe and friendly environment.

If you are an experienced Sixth form Co- Ordinator seeking a full-time contract role then this is an excellent opportunity.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.