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St Mary's Catholic Primary School ,Chiswick
London
Class Teacher and RE/RSE Subject Leader
St Mary’s is a Catholic Primary school set in the heart of Chiswick for girls and boys aged 3-11 years. If you are passionate about Primary education and have a proven record of excellence in supporting children’s learning and development, this is the post for you. Our children are motivated and love learning. Our parents and School Community are extremely supportive. Closing date: mid-day Monday 15th June with interviews taking place on Friday 19th June.Please email for an application pack We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all who work here to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and other relevant checks.

St Nicholas Catholic High School
Northwich
School Chaplain
St. Nicholas Catholic High School is seeking to appoint a committed and inspiring Chaplain to lead and develop the spiritual life of our school community. This is a distinctive and rewarding role at the heart of a successful Catholic school in Northwich, Cheshire, offering the opportunity to work closely with pupils, staff, clergy and the wider community in fostering a vibrant culture of faith, reflection and service. Our current Chaplain, Mairie Gelling, is retiring after ten years of excellent and dedicated service. At St. Nicholas, chaplaincy is central to our mission. We are looking for someone who can bear witness to the Gospel in daily school life, support young people in their faith journey, and help shape a culture rooted in prayer, service and moral purpose. St. Nicholas is located in a stunning part of the world and many of our staff commute into work here each day, knowing that they will enjoy their working day in a genuinely and very supportive community where staff and students really do matter. St. Nicholas Catholic High School has a long-standing reputation for academic excellence, strong pastoral care, and rich extra-curricular provision. Our Ofsted and Catholic Schools Inspection reports are extremely complimentary about our school and we are proud of our recent Outstanding judgement for Catholic life and mission, as well as Collective Worship. We welcome all prospective applicants to contact the school for an informal and confidential discussion about the post. We are also happy to welcome you to our school if you would like to visit before applying. Please contact Vicky Hill (Head's PA) via , who will arrange a mutually convenient time for you to speak or meet with the Headteacher, Mr Craig Burns. This is a permanent contract, based on 37 hours per week over 43 weeks per year (Term-time plus INSET Days and 4 weeks during the holidays), and includes 26 days holidays (plus bank holidays) increasing to 31 after 5 years’ service. PLEASE NOTE: This position requires a reference from your Parish Priest - when completing the reference section, please add a third referee and add the contact details for this to be requested.

CAFOD
London
Community Participation Education - Birmingham & Portsmouth Dioceses
Hours: Part-time (14 hours per week)The area covered comprises the Catholic dioceses of Birmingham and Portsmouth & the post holder must be able to travel widely around the area covered. As a Community Participation Coordinator (Education Focus), you’ll grow engagement across Catholic schools, parishes and communities in the Birmingham and Portsmouth dioceses. You’ll inspire people to give, act and pray, while recruiting and supporting volunteers and building strong relationships with clergy, school leaders and diocesan partners. Working within CAFOD’s national Education Team, you’ll collaborate locally to increase school participation and strengthen volunteer networks. This role is primarily school-focused, with occasional parish engagement. This is a home-based role that requires regular travel across the dioceses and occasional visits to CAFOD’s London office. Flexibility is key, with some evening or weekend work and occasional transport of resources (expenses and time off in lieu provided). I. A demonstrable commitment to volunteering and understanding of its potential as a force for change. II. Experience of managing multiple relationships with volunteers and a wide variety of volunteers, including recruitment and retention, and managing volunteer performance. III. Willingness and ability to travel extensively to all parts of the area covered and to travel to other parts of the region/country as needed. At times, it will be necessary to transport equipment and resources and to be flexible to work evenings and weekends. CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues. If based in the UK the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). If the post is based outside the UK the post holder will be subject to a different checking process. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.

St James' Catholic High School
Technician for Creative Technology and Expressive Arts
Job overview
Technician
Cheadle, Cheshire
Start date: As soon as possible
Salary: Scale 3 £24,790 - £25,183 pro rata (actual £6,590 - £6,695)
Contract term: Part Time, Permanent
About the Role
Purpose
As a technician you will commonly take responsibility for:
- preparing equipment and teaching areas for practical classes;
- maintaining equipment and teaching areas;
- ensuring a safe classroom environment;
- supporting teachers in practical classes;
- helping students to obtain the most out of their learning experiences;
- carrying out administrative and other tasks related to the smooth running of the department.
- using and maintaining a range of workshop tools, equipment and machinery
- risk assessments and COSHH
- preparation of materials and ingredients while also ensuring all are in date
Principal Accountabilities Practical Tasks
- Prepare equipment for practical lessons, organise necessary practical equipment to ensure that the correct resources are available for lessons.
- To assist when required in practical lessons to support staff and children to help with maintaining health and safety
- Supporting individual children during a practical activity;
- Modifying apparatus and equipment for those children with physical disabilities.
Administrative Tasks
- Order equipment to ensure that the resources are available for lessons to enable demonstrations and practical lessons to run smoothly
- Photocopying, printing and duplicating
- Reporting any equipment or other maintenance issues promptly to your line manager
- Health and Safety audits, checks, reporting, servicing, ordering, repairs
Scope for Impact
The post holder is responsible for all equipment and ingredients and needs to ensure they are in date, are used safely and are fit for use in the various lessons.
General responsibilities:
- To become familiar with the school procedures and regulations as set out in the staff handbook and other documentation, as appropriate to the responsibilities and to follow these.
- To implement the school’s health & safety policy currently in force and assist with safeguarding the health and safety of children when they are on the school premises.
- To participate in arrangements for the appraisal of your performance.
- To carry out such other duties as the Head of Faculty or Headteacher may from time to time reasonably determine.
Line Manager Responsibilities:
The line manager will give guidance on:
- working with teaching staff;
- confidentiality of some work within school (pupil circumstances and assessments);
- supporting teaching and learning and helping children with their practical work;
- maintaining safe working procedures and the approach to risk assessments;
- setting up and maintaining displays
Other Specific Duties
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task
undertaken may not be identified. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks, but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure.
The post holder will be expected to comply with all reasonable requests from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in their job description. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure and basic online checks
What the school offers its staff
St James’ Catholic High School aims to ensure everyone within our school family achieves their full potential, to encourage learning and development through faith, and to strive for excellence
Commitment to safeguarding
St James’ Catholic High School is an equal opportunity employer which is “Positive about Disabled People”. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in the workforce, who meet the person specification for the post
St James’ Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form, and once completed send to headteacherpa@stjamescheadle.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Scale 3 £24,790 - £25,183 pro rata (actual £6,590 - £6,695)
Part Time, Permanent
Start date: As soon as possible
Apply by 28/04/2025, 11:00


