Vacancies
Richard Lander School is situated in Truro to the west of the city centre and serves the beautiful coastal communities of St Agnes, Porthtowan and Perranporth as well as communities closer at hand. It is an 11-16 community maintained school, which is highly regarded in the area and oversubscribed.
Truro, the UK’s most Southerly city is a vibrant centre of shopping, culture and impressive architecture right in the heart of Cornwall. Centre stage is Truro Cathedral with its impressive gothic towers dominating the skyline. In its shadow, a warren of compact streets are home to an impressive array of independent traders. From boutiques to bookshops and designer interiors to delicatessens, this great little city offers a unique shopping experience.
The café culture is pretty impressive too, with hip coffee houses, artisan ice creameries and cocktail bars dotted across the centre. There is a yearlong festival programme, weekly food markets and several art galleries, cultural events and historical attractions.
Our school is welcoming and supportive with strong values; at the heart of our work is a desire to see all our young people develop their gifts and talents to their full potential. Some people call this ambition; we call it ‘being the best you can be’. Staff are on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
MFL Teacher (French and Spanish)
The Role: The opportunity has arisen for the appointment of an inspiring and engaging MFL teacher with specialisms in French and Spanish who would be able to come and work with us. Experience of teaching French and Spanish at KS3 and KS4 would be an advantage.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
This position is fixed term for 1 year and is available from September 2025.
Please see our job description and person specification for more details of this exciting post.
Completed forms should be submitted to vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk.
Closing date: Friday 6th December 2024
Start Date – 1st September 2025
Shortlisted candidates will be informed of the interview date.
Attendance and Educational Improvement Officer
The Role: An opportunity has arisen for the appointment of an Attendance and Educational Improvement Officer at Richard Lander School. The main purpose of this role is to contribute to raising achievement by improving school attendance. To assist the school in meeting their obligations and targets in relation to school attendance, especially punctuality and persistent absence. To help identify target groups of students and monitor patterns of absence. To promote positive attitudes by students and families towards education and to ensure that parents/carers are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities. To attend attendance monitoring meetings within school and organise meetings with parents. To make unsupervised contact with families in their own homes and elsewhere to assess the reasons impacting on the attendance of individual students, facilitating their return to access to regular full time education provision. To establish and develop a professional service to support the school in raising attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality. To support the attendance administration officer with regards to ensuring registers are completed accurately and in good time.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
This position is full time and permanent and is available immediately, although a start date can be negotiated.
Please see our job description and person specification for more details of this exciting post.
Completed forms should be submitted to vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk. by noon on Friday 10th January 2025.
Applicant Pack – Attendance and Educational Improvement Officer
Duty Manager/Attendance Officer
The Role: An opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Duty Manager/Attendance Officer at Richard Lander School. The main purpose of this role is to contribute to Health and Safety by organising duty staffing and raising achievement by improving school attendance. To assist the school in meeting their obligations and targets in relation to Health and Safety regulation and school attendance, especially truancy. To promote safe supervision and management of students during break time, lunchtime and lesson transition times and promote positive attitudes by students towards lesson attendance and punctuality. To support the attendance team in identifying and managing students absent from lessons and improve punctuality. As necessary support the attendance team in making contact with families in their own homes and elsewhere, facilitating students return to access regular full time education provision.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
This position is full time and permanent and is available immediately, although a start date can be negotiated.
Please see our job description and person specification for more details of this exciting post.
Completed forms should be submitted to vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk. by noon on Friday 10th January 2025.
Applicant Pack – Duty Manager/Attendance Officer
Cover Supervisor
The Role: The opportunity has arisen to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our team at Richard Lander School. The main purpose of this job is to provide effective cover supervision in a range of classes and subjects in response to unforeseen short-term teacher absence, ensuring good order is maintained in the classroom and pupils keep to task. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of teaching / senior staff within an agreed system of supervision.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
This position is full time and permanent and is available to start ASAP.
Please see our job description and person specification for more details of this exciting post.
Completed forms should be submitted to vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk. Interviews
will be held on a rolling basis as suitable applications are received.
Shortlisted candidates will be informed of the interview date.
Applicant Pack – Cover Supervisor
Teaching Assistant
The Role: To take a pro-active role in the support of the educational, social and physical needs of pupils; to support the curriculum and the school through the provision of a high level of assistance in the practical organisation of support activities, undertaking group work and ensuring the welfare and development of pupils.
We currently have several positions available. Some may be offered as one year fixed term appointments and others permanent (following a 6 month probationary period), depending on experience and circumstances. This will be discussed with candidates at interview.
If you would like to discuss the post further or arrange a visit to the school please contact Mrs Harrison, Personnel Officer, on email vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.
Please see our job description and person specification for more details of this exciting position.
Interviews to be held on a rolling basis
Application Pack – Teaching Assistant
Lunchtime Supervisor
We are looking to recruit additional lunchtime supervisors.
The Role: To assist and supervise individuals and groups of pupils during the lunch break, encouraging responsible and appropriate behaviour, activities and play ensuring the safety of pupils.
If you would like to discuss the post further or arrange a visit to the school please contact our Personnel Officer, Vicky Harrison on 01872 273750 or on e-mail on vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk
The date of interview will be confirmed to shortlisted candidates
Job Description – Lunchtime Supervisor
Exam Invigilators
We are looking to recruit additional invigilating staff.
The Role: To conduct examinations in accordance with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), awarding body and Richard Lander School instructions. To play a key role in upholding the integrity of the examination assessment process.
Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on ‘being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students. This position variable hours and is available to start ASAP
Experience is not required, as training will be provided, although applicants will be asked to declare if they have invigilated previously and whether they have any current maladministration/malpractice sanctions applied to them.
If you would like to discuss the post further or arrange a visit to the school please contact our Personnel Officer, Vicky Harrison on 01872 273750 or on e-mail on vharrison@richardlander.cornwall.sch.uk