Dear Colleague
Thank you very much for taking an interest in the post of GTA/MSA at Kirk Fenton CE Primary School.
We are keen to receive applications from candidates who:
• Have a passion for creating a rich and exciting learning environment and a curriculum that is
relevant, exciting and fun;
• Are committed to ensuring all pupils make sustained and accelerated progress to reach their
true potential;
• Have high expectations for attainment and achievement;
• Demonstrate high levels of skills in written and oral communication – with pupils, staff,
parents and external agencies.
In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in an environment with a wonderful ethos, with
pupils who display fantastic behaviour and are highly motivated in wanting to be ‘the best they can
be’. You will have the opportunity to become an integral part of a committed team where your own
professional development will be given a high priority.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
I would like to thank you again for your interest in the post. If you are excited by this opportunity, I
look forward to receiving your application.
Yours faithfully
Mrs Becca Cameron
Acting Headteacher
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
If you wish to apply for the post of GTA/MSA, then you should:
• pay particular attention to the following whilst assembling your application:
- Job description and person specification for the role of GTA/MSA
- School Outcomes
- The school website https://kf.starmat.uk/
- THE STAR MAT website https://web.starmat.uk/
• Fully complete the online application form https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146007/EDV-2024-
KFCEPS-24372 ensuring all details are accurate and all declarations are signed. Please
ensure you include details of two professional referees with one being your current
employer (with an email address for each). Do not enclose additional CVs.
• Your supporting statement should be no more than the equivalent to two sides of A4 Size 11
font), addressing the following:
How your experience to date best fits you to the requirements of the following sections of
the person specification:
● Experience
● Skills and knowledge – generic
● Skills and knowledge – special to the role
Remember when addressing the above, less is sometimes more.
Timeline for the selection process
Post advertised
27
th
June 2024
Closing time/date for applications
Noon on Wednesday 10
th
July 2024
Interviews
Monday 15
th
July 2024
About the School
We believe that everyone has special skills and talents and here at our school we strive to provide
every opportunity for every child to be the best they can be and truly grow in confidence and
character.
Our school is an exciting and inspirational place to be and our curriculum is important to us.
Engaging, creative, and varied, it is enhanced with exciting theme days and weeks, visits and visitors,
which create memorable experiences and help children develop a love of learning.
We aim to ensure that learning is fun, purposeful and challenging and recognise that the journey we
make together provides us with a sense of pride and success, as much as the outcomes.
We have high expectations in all we do; behaviour, presentation, personal and academic progress,
and we work hard to fulfil our ambitions. Whether working together in lessons, putting on amazing
productions, or taking part in clubs and sporting events, team work is important to us.
At our school you will find a community of people – children, staff, governors and parents -who are
respectful and supportive of each other. We know that working hard together helps us to achieve
our goals and provides us all with amazing and enjoyable moments along the way.
Curriculum Outline
We believe that children’s experiences at primary school create the foundations for life. Here at Kirk
Fenton Primary School, we encourage our children to make the most of every day and each
experience.
We endeavour to provide a curriculum that enables our children to grow in knowledge and skills –
while making happy memories along the way.
Our children are given the opportunity to nurture a sense of self-worth, confidence and responsibility
and our school is built on the foundations of thankfulness, forgiveness, perseverance and respect for
all.
Using the National Curriculum as a base to offer a breadth of learning, the curriculum at Kirk Fenton
is tailored to provide our children with knowledge and skills which are progressive – both over the
year and throughout their time at the school.
This allows all our children to embed their learning and to demonstrate what they know and
remember.
Our curriculum is ambitious: we strive to attain consistently high standards in all subjects. Children’s
depth of knowledge and understanding is developed in individual subjects which are linked through
common themes. These are built upon over time.
Our approaches to teaching allow the children to develop inquisitive and questioning minds,
alongside a love of learning and a passion to know more.
We want our children: to have a love of learning; to appreciate the arts; to be good sportsmen and
women; and to develop a keen understanding of the world around them.
We believe it is important that our children have a clear understanding of themselves and their place
in the world. This includes understanding the past in order to be responsible citizens in the future, as
well as developing respect and tolerance for others. We hold the Global Neighbours Bronze award and
global citizenship is a key part of our ethos.
Our sense of community and togetherness is essential to all we do. A number of whole-school events
and theme days contribute to uniting our school and helping to promote a shared sense of
responsibility, togetherness and fun. We encourage our children to be courageous advocates for
those who are poor or where the recognise injustice.
At Kirk Fenton Primary School, we are constantly seeking opportunities for our children to develop
and shine. We are a Church of England School and our faith underpins everything that we set out to
achieve.
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
We offer a variety of extra-curricular clubs, which run before and after school. They are changed on a
termly basis and include:
Dodgeball
Capoeira
Dance
Cooking
Eco School
Jam Club
Ofsted
In our OFSTED visit in November 2022, the school was awarded a 'Good’ grading in all areas of the
current OFSTED framework.
OFSTED acknowledged that “Staff have positive and respectful relationships with pupils. This makes
the environment purposeful and positive. Pupils are encouraged to “Let their light shine”
Please see our website for links to the full report. https://kf.starmat.uk/about-us/school-reports/
The STAR Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)
We are very proud that Kirk Fenton Primary School is a member of the STAR Multi-Academy Trust
which was established on 1 July 2018.
Our Schools
∙ Appleton Roebuck Primary
∙ Brayton CE Primary
∙ Kellington Primary
∙ South Milford Primary
∙ Monk Fryston CE Primary
∙ Riverside Primary
∙ Saxton CE Primary
∙ Sherburn High School
∙ Sherburn Hungate Primary
∙ South Milford Primary
∙ Tadcaster Grammar School
Our Mission
To develop outstanding education in all our schools, which will enable every young person to flourish
and realise their full potential.
Our Aims
We will:
∙ Ensure that our children achieve the best possible outcomes
∙ Develop the whole child; personally, culturally and spiritually
∙ Be inclusive; have a particular commitment to our most vulnerable children ∙ Teach our children to
live well together and to make wise choices
∙ Ensure that our children are safe from harm
∙ Work to ensure that our schools are enjoyable places for children to learn.
Our Core Principles
We:
∙ Expect our schools to actively support each other and to share best practice for the benefit of all
∙ Are committed to providing services that will keep our schools compliant, financially robust and
continuously improving.
∙ Want all of our schools to retain and celebrate their distinctive identity.
We are:
∙ Open, honest, fair and straightforward
∙ Receptive to change and challenge
∙ Pioneering and outward facing
∙ Trusting, respectful and supportive of each other
∙ Prepared to listen to advice
∙ Empowering of others.
We want our pupils and students to have a consistently excellent school experience and to achieve
strong outcomes. The culture of our Trust is very much one where our schools retain their own
distinctiveness. Our Headteachers remain empowered to make decisions about what happens in
their schools but, in addition, benefit from high levels of collaboration and sharing of best practice.
As a Trust we aim to provide greater opportunities for recruiting new staff, to retain our existing
staff, facilitate leadership development and enhance staff professional development. At a time of
reduced funding in schools, our partnership strives to achieve ‘better value’ and financial stability by
providing business support which allows schools greater capacity to develop the curriculum and to
support pupils and students. As a Trust of over 4000 pupils and students, and 11 schools, we have
access to the School Condition Allocation (SCA) which enables us to access significant capital funding
for our school buildings. This amounted to £1.2m for 2019-2020.
All STAR MAT partner schools offer their pupils and students the following opportunities to develop:
Themselves to become:
Their ability to interact with others
and contribute positively to society
to become:
The knowledge and skills
which will equip them for life,
with an entitlement to:
● Physically and
mentally healthy
● Informed risk takers,
problem solvers and
critical thinkers
● Articulate
communicators
● Reflective, resilient and
able to self-regulate
● Tolerant and respectful of
others: different people, places
and cultures
● Responsible, aware and
engaged citizens: locally,
nationally and globally
● Able to develop appropriate
and successful relationships
● Develop mathematical
fluency and essential
literacy skills
● Be taught a broad, rich and
age appropriate programme
of study in every subject
● Stimulating and exciting
learning experiences both
within and beyond the
‘classroom’
● Opportunities to take
part in sport,
performance and other
creative activities
● Careers education and
guidance
Living and working in North Yorkshire
Within the county of North Yorkshire are the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks, three
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Pennines and a stunning coastline around Scarborough and
Whitby. The area hosted the opening stages of the Tour de France in 2014, and due to its success, has
created the Tour de Yorkshire with global recognition, which will be contested for the fifth time over three
days in 2019. There are ruined castles and abbeys, serene gardens, unique breweries, thrilling rides and
industrial heritage. Something for everyone!
For outdoor enthusiasts North Yorkshire has plenty to offer. From the hard gritstone of Almscliff and
Brimham Rocks to the limestone of Malham, Gordale and Kilnsey climbing venues are in abundance. The
Yorkshire Dales is a premier area for caving while for mountain biking there are the bridleways of the Dales
and North York Moors as well as the renowned trail centre at Dalby Forest. Further afield, the Lake District
and the fells, crags and coast of Northumberland are all easily accessible for days and weekends away.
There are a small number of sailing clubs on reservoirs around the county and fantastic, if chilly, surfsport
venues and sea kayaking on the east coast.
While the county is rightly known for its wide open spaces, it also incorporates attractive market towns
including Malton, Helmsley, Northallerton and Skipton - judged the best place to live in Britain by the
Sunday Times in 2014 - the traditional seaside towns of Whitby and Scarborough, the Spa town of
Harrogate, as well as the ancient city of York, the most visited city outside of London. With a wide range of
shopping, leisure and cultural facilities as well as excellent schools, universities, road and rail links, there
really is everything to offer you and your family as a place to work, live and enjoy.
Travelling further afield we have convenient connectivity, with close proximity to metropolitan cities of
Leeds and Newcastle and a journey time of under two hours by rail from York to London. We border the
Lake District, Lancashire, County Durham, and Yorkshire & Humber regions with all they have to offer.
Useful Links:
www.yorkshire.com
www.inspireleadteach.co.uk
The School Vision
Kirk Fenton Primary School is Rooted in Christian belief, our vision for every member of this school
community is to feel valued and respected, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race, faith, belief or ability.
Through developing a love of learning, each individual will have the opportunity to reach their full potential
and aspire to become the person they were born to be.
We make sure all our children reach their highest academic potential by delivering an engaging curriculum
that offers inspirational and exciting learning experiences along with opportunities to shine in a wide
variety of areas.
Our school is at the heart of our village and the children are the next generation of this thriving community.
In order to be the best they can be, and to equip them for life in the wider world, we enable our children to
develop the right attitude to learning. We encourage them to develop their talents and take a sense of
pride in all their achievements.
Our school is a safe, happy and nurturing place in which children show tolerance and respect for all. The
children, staff, governors and parents create a supportive and united community. We believe working
together helps us achieve our common goals, providing us with fantastic outcomes and enjoyable moments
along the way.
