Matthew Arnold School

Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding part-time role that will make a real difference to Matthew Arnold School and its community?  Acer Trust is looking for a Governance Assistant to help Matthew Arnold School Governing Body to fulfil its important role in the education of our pupils and students. You do not need any education experience for this role; you just need to be highly organised, able to take good minutes and be good with people. We can provide all the training and support that you need, including the opportunity to train as a qualified governance professional. This role is to support Matthew Arnold School working about 150 hours over the year. The Governing Bodies meet six times per year, usually on a Thursday evening. The meetings take place at Matthew Arnold School. You will work with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors to plan the agenda and circulate papers, attend the meetings to take minutes and support the Chair in ensuring the smooth running of the meetings, and make sure that Governor records, training and checks are up to date. Excellent governance ensures that our schools are well led and deliver an excellent education for all the children in our care. In this role, you will work closely with our Trust Governance Support Manager, who will provide advice, guidance and support both to you and the Governors, to ensure effective governance. We are looking for someone who is professional and reliable, and has excellent attention to detail and interpersonal skills. You will be a proactive self-starter with the ability to manage your work within a highly flexible environment. Governing Body meetings are planned a year in advance and the successful candidate will need to be available for these evening meetings during term time, but otherwise the workload is highly flexible and can be undertaken at home or in the office, at times to suit you.   Full training is provided, and the successful candidate will benefit from the opportunity to join one of the best pension schemes in the country. This role is advertised at Grade 6 (£12-14 per hour). To apply for this role, please submit a CV and a short covering note outlining your interest in the role and the skills and experience that you can offer to Jamie Wade, COO, at hr@acertrust.org.uk. In line with safer recruitment guidelines, please complete the application form on “My New Term” and the role will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. The closing date for this role is 9am on Friday 29th November and interviews will be held on Tuesday 3rd December.

Thank you to all the organisations who attended our Career Fair yesterday, it was amazing to see our sports hall transformed with 28 attendees organisations covering 17 sectors - everything from Automotive to Tourism. Lynn Palmer BMW Group ACE Training & Consultancy Ltd Hill Group UK McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd Claire Barry Pegasus Theatre British Army Royal Navy Darke & Taylor Ltd Clare Wheeler Abingdon and Witney College Activate Learning INTROTRAIN & FORUM LIMITED Shilpa Bhatt Oxfordshire County Council Oxford Brookes University Knights RWK Goodman Joseph Elwig Savills Thames Valley Police Oxford Instruments plc Audley Travel Kier Transportation

Community Governor Opportunity at Matthew Arnold School Matthew Arnold School’s Governing Body works collectively to support and challenge the school for the benefit of all. Our success is built around a shared commitment to the school, bringing a blend of different skills and backgrounds.  To support developing the best future for the school, we are actively looking to increase the diversity of our Governing Body to better reflect the school and local communities which it serves. The Governing Body of the school provides strategic oversight for the school ensuring clarity of direction and holding the Headteacher and Leadership Team to account for both educational and financial performance. Community Governors are nominated by the Governing Body and can be drawn from any part of the local communities served by the school. We currently have one place available for a Community Governor. For further information on the role of Governors for schools, please look on the National Association of Governor’s website https://lnkd.in/ePnkyaQN, or please contact our Clerk, Sarah Holmes, on ClerkGB@maschool.org.uk  who can arrange for an informal chat with one of our current Governors. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email ClerkGB@maschool.org.uk, by 4pm on Friday 25th October 2024 including a brief personal biography and detailing why you would like to become a Governor at Matthew Arnold. We will then arrange an informal conversation with our Chair of Governors, Jenny Crewe, and Headteacher, Anthony Broadley.  

I want to say a massive thank you to everyone for what you did to make open evening so fantastic. Families that I spoke to were overwhelmingly positive about the information they had from the subjects they visited, saying teachers were amazingly warm and welcoming. Our student guides did a fantastic job of giving information about their experience as well as being enthusiastic about their school experience. Finally thank you to our Business Services team for the organisation and planning that ensured the evening ran so smoothly, from the parking to the food, the cleaning to the displays it was a massive team effort Anthony Broadley Headteacher

We are looking for a strategic finance professional to embed our new structure and processes and help us to develop and implement a new financial strategy to support our next phase of development. This exciting and challenging role would suit an experienced Head of Finance or senior Finance Manager aspiring to grow into a Chief Financial Officer role in the future. https://lnkd.in/ePek9y4y

GCSE Results 2024 Congratulations to all of our year 11 students on the fantastic achievement they have had in this year’s GCSELevel results. Students have worked exceptionally hard to gain their GCSEs. This group of students had to overcome the challenge of having only just started year 7 when lockdown struck as well as each individual student having their own set of challenges to overcome, and we are extremely proud of all of them for how they have worked and how well they have all done.  We are looking forward to welcoming many students back to the 6th form at the beginning of September and wish all moving on to college or work based learning the very best for an exciting future. Whatever the destination we know our students will go on to make great contributions to their community. GCSE summary table Indicator 2024 5 or more 9-4 Including English and Maths 74% 5 or more 9-5 Including English and maths 53% 1 or more 9-1 grades 99% % Grades 9-7 28% This set of results represents excellent progress for our students. We are proud of them all for the commitment they have shown to their learning, grateful to parents for all of the support they have given to students as well as the teachers who have guided the students through their courses. Anthony Broadley Headteacher

We have some exciting opportunities at Matthew Arnold School in Oxford and I will provide link below to apply directly. Please do share with anyone that these roles would be relevant to. Teaching Assistant x 3 - https://lnkd.in/eV6i2xt5 Social, Emotional and Mental Health Key Worker (SEMH) - https://lnkd.in/eV6i2xt5 Communications Team Administrator - 14.8 hours per week - https://lnkd.in/e_FPyNvu 1st Line IT Support Technician - https://lnkd.in/eP2Xcgpn Please email me jhayman@acertrust.org.uk if you require more information. Matthew Arnold is a thriving community school on the outskirts of Oxford looking to appoint a Communications Team Administrator. Matthew Arnold is an oversubscribed inclusive 11-18 school of over 1,300 pupils that serves a mix of urban and rural communities across the west side of Oxford. The school prides itself on being a high achieving school with increasing rates of progress for our disadvantaged students. This has been achieved by focusing on improving outcomes for every student and continuing staff development.

Role: Social, Emotional and Mental Health Key Worker (SEMH) Grade: 6  Hours: 26 hours per week (Over 4 days) Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Initially Salary: £14,901 - £16,211 (Actual Salary), (FTE: £24702 - £26,873) (additional 5.3 hours a week available at LSA rate - grade 4 -  if candidate wants more hours) To Apply: https://lnkd.in/eJ5DTA5u