Vacancies

Support Staff Application Form

Salary: TBC

Hours of Work: Casual

Start Date: To be agreed

Test Valley School is a small 11-16 secondary school on the outskirts of Stockbridge (one of the “best places to live” in The Sunday Times in 2022). Our rural location adds a unique dimension to school life and our links across the community. It is also an easy commute from Winchester, Salisbury, Andover, Romsey and Southampton.

Our motto is ‘in pursuit of personal excellence’ and we have very high expectations of our pupils and ourselves in all aspects of school life. We offer a friendly, caring, and supportive working environment.

We are looking to recruit reliable and trustworthy exams invigilators to support the Examinations Officer. You will need to work flexibly according to the examinations' timetable throughout the academic year. As an invigilator, you will be required to support the examination processes. You must follow the required guidelines and regulations for the integrity and security of examinations and procedures during invigilation. The role requires you to provide a professional examination service ensuring a calm environment to give candidates the best possible opportunity to be successful in their exams.

The successful applicant will need to fulfil the safeguarding requirements of the role and adhere to the school’s safeguarding policy. Full training will be provided.

Application procedure

Note that only fully completed application forms will be considered. Send completed application packs to recruitment@testvalley.hants.sch.uk

Application Forms

Attendance Officer

Support Staff Application Form

Salary: FTE £23,115 to £24,140 depending on experience (HCC Band C)

Hours of Work: Permanent

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time only

Start Date: 20 May 2024 or 3 June 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic, and committed Attendance Officer to work with the Pastoral and Intervention Teams in promoting and sustaining high levels of student attendance and punctuality. The role includes:

To establish and maintain good relationships with all students, families, colleagues and other professionals.
To maintain accurate student attendance and punctuality records using Arbor on a daily basis and to provide regular attendance and punctuality reports to Middle and Senior Leaders.
Provide daily student registers for appropriate activities e.g. fire registers and school assemblies.
Follow up student absences and lateness by telephone or other appropriate means, on a daily basis with guidance from relevant colleagues, making appropriate referrals to external agencies.
To monitor lesson attendance, acting upon any missing marks/students and notifying Pastoral Team of concerns.
To carry out regular (lesson by lesson) register checks to ensure lesson registers are taken promptly and take appropriate action when they are not.
To generate correspondence home for all late to school and other unauthorised absences, highlighting areas of concern through stringent record keeping.
Identifying individuals, key groups of students and families that require additional support and working with those key groups to help improve attendance and punctuality.
To undertake home visits for students/families where necessary with Student Services /Intervention / Safeguarding colleagues as appropriate.
To generate and disseminate all relevant attendance paperwork and update our records as necessary.

We can offer you:

Our school values of kindness, resilience, excellence and empowerment are at the heart of our school and underpin all we do. We have high expectations of our pupils and ourselves in all aspects of school life. We offer a friendly, caring, and supportive working environment where everybody matters.
Working in a team where your skills, enthusiasm and hard work will be appreciated.
Staff who are collegiate, committed to their own and others professional development.
A network of professionals across the HISP Trust who are committed to supporting each other.
Test Valley represents a culture of high aspiration, high expectation and success. Our aim is to provide an outstanding learning experience for all students within a safe, disciplined and caring environment.

Application procedure

Note that only fully completed application forms will be considered. Send completed application packs to recruitment@testvalley.hants.sch.uk

An early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.

The closing date for applications is 6 May 2024 at 12 noon.

Interviews week commencing 13 May 2024.

Application Forms

Art Teacher

Teaching Application Form

Salary: MPR/UPR

Hours of Work: Full Time / Part Time considered / Permanent

Start Date: September 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and passionate Art Teacher to join our newly formed Creative Arts Faculty. The successful candidate will work within a small but highly committed team, consisting of teachers from Drama, Music and Art. Our curriculum is engaging and creative, pupils will learn in traditional lessons. Excitingly, from September, KS3 pupils will also have the opportunity to opt into a range of Creative Art projects on a Wednesday afternoon. KS4 will have the opportunity to opt into 3 Creative Arts project days throughout the year. This post provides an exciting career opportunity for an ambitious and inspirational candidate who would like to further develop their career as part of our dynamic and highly effective team. The successful candidate will have excellent subject knowledge, strong classroom management skills and the ability to inspire our pupils with engaging learning opportunities within and beyond the classroom.

We can offer you:

Our school values of kindness, resilience, excellence and empowerment are at the heart of our school and underpin all we do. We have high expectations of our pupils and ourselves in all aspects of school life. We offer a friendly, caring, and supportive working environment where everybody matters.
Children and young people who are eager to learn and progress.
A newly formed dynamic and creative Middle and Senior Leadership team who are very approachable and supportive.
Working in a team where your skills, enthusiasm and hard work will be appreciated.
Staff who are collegiate, committed to their own and others professional development.
A network of professionals across the HISP Trust who are committed to supporting each other.
Collaborative subject specific opportunities from colleagues across the HISP Trust.
Excellent professional development opportunities from the HISP Teaching School Hub
Career progression is fully encouraged by the school, which is supported through our CPD programme. We passionately believe in the power of collaborative working and actively promote school to school support.

Application procedure

Note that only fully completed application forms will be considered. Send completed application packs to recruitment@testvalley.hants.sch.uk

An early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.

The closing date for applications is 6 May 2024 at 12 noon.

Interviews week commencing 13 May 2024.

Application Forms

Head of Design Technology and Food

Teaching Application Form

Salary: MPR/UPR plus TLR depending on experience

Hours of Work: Full Time / Permanent

Start Date: September 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Head of Design Technology and Food. Candidates will be committed to the learning and development of our pupils, teaching throughout the age and ability range, following appropriate schemes of work. Seeks to encourage and “inspire pupils” motivation and enthusiasm in the subject, developing positive responses to challenge and setting high expectations. Securing high standards of teaching and pupil progress in line with the Teachers’ Standards.

The departments are very well set up with highly effective schemes of work, lesson plans and support materials, making good use of well maintained and up to date equipment such as our laser cutter along with great stock and excellent examples of student work.

We can offer you:

Children and young people who are eager to learn and progress.
Staff who are collegiate, committed to their own professional development and to improving.
A school committed to your professional development.
Working in a team where your skills, enthusiasm and hard work will be appreciated.
Career progression is fully encouraged by the school which is supported through our CPD programme. We passionately believe in the power of collaborative working and actively promote school to school support. This includes accessing support from our strong Teaching School Alliance who offer a range of high quality professional development opportunities for staff at all levels.
Test Valley represents a culture of high aspiration, high expectations and success. Our aim is to provide an outstanding learning experience for all students within a safe, disciplined and caring environment.
Our motto is ‘in pursuit of personal excellence’ and we have very high expectations of our pupils and ourselves in all aspects of school life. We offer a friendly, caring, and supportive working environment where everybody matters.

Application procedure

Visit our website www.testvalley.hants.sch.uk please note that only fully completed HISP application forms will be considered. Send completed application packs to recruitment@testvalley.hants.sch.uk

The closing date for applications is Monday 6 May 2024 at 12 noon.

Interviews week commencing 13 May 2024.

Application Forms