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02/12/23

One of our Sports Academy partners invited our academy players to attend a stadium tour of the home of Watford FC, Vicarage Road Stadium. Our thanks to our partners at Watford FC and their Trust members for their hospitality.https://t.co/WdfdssGwUW pic.twitter.com/sIGT8zosNU

02/12/23

Christmas has started at Harpenden Academy....with our magical foyer! pic.twitter.com/ywHho4A7Gj

02/12/23

* Music Academy Rock Band Workshop *Yesterday some of our Year 9, Year 10 and Sixth Form students took part in a brilliant Music Academy Rock Band Workshop.We thank Mr Wilkinson, a professional drummer, for delivering such a fantastic session.#rockband pic.twitter.com/K7kQZXINgI

02/12/23

RBA ‘Thoughtful Decorations’ - students busy preparing our Christmas 🎄 decorations which have a deeper meaning. pic.twitter.com/s6yrKj1Xia

02/12/23

We’ve had some incredible entrants into our design a Christmas Card competition, with 225 entries this year. We will be sharing some of the fantastic designs on our countdown to Christmas over the next few weeks.First up is this gorgeous digital drawing from Charm in Year 10. pic.twitter.com/XTS85kcAl6

02/12/23

Oak class taught the naughty elves how to decorate the tree, with the help of Rudolph! 🎄 pic.twitter.com/wyZXvFSZYP

02/12/23

This morning Year 11 were treated to a performance of A Christmas Carol by to support their learning of this GCSE Lit set text. Absolutely fantastic - students and staff were equally impressed. Would highly recommend to schools that teach this text. pic.twitter.com/J81JEJfJ19

02/12/23

Our fabulous and talented library assistants have been hard at work today to make the library look fun ‘n’ festive. They have done a great job! pic.twitter.com/LyldphvOHD

01/12/23

Oh no… some cheeky elves got into the school overnight and have tried to decorate for Christmas! They haven’t done a very good job so I think we’d better help them today… 🎄 pic.twitter.com/ZeJt4h923L

01/12/23

Year 9 Enrichment PEAfter learning about different Methods of Training the students braved the sub-zero conditions to take part in a Continuous Training Session down the Lee Valley Path. Amazing effort this morning! 👏 pic.twitter.com/uxbqv8wI7T

01/12/23

* Latest News * joins Scholars' Education Trust. Read full news story here https://t.co/Otup4WGqKQ pic.twitter.com/EPPst54s33

30/11/23

Sounding great! https://t.co/Cj3goXdC5O

30/11/23

Providing high-quality education for more than 5000 children across 7 schools, has chosen Alps to support the sharing of best practice across the Trust. You can find more information around Alps and how we support Trusts here: https://t.co/ypAWTzwgRJ pic.twitter.com/954u8KEq0N

30/11/23

Ladybirds have had a fantastic time learning new skills on the iPad this morning with Nick from Select Academy. pic.twitter.com/Vd2dn5LVOy

30/11/23

* Samuel Ryder Rugby Academy Trials *NEXT MONDAY, 4th December: 4.15pm-5.45pmTrials for current Year 11 students for a Sept 2024 place at our academy for a rugby programme alongside A-Levels.Register here: https://t.co/NRnbqI02jIhttps://t.co/WdfdssGwUW#rugby pic.twitter.com/YwSrwKGUlf

30/11/23

Support roles closing soon! Highly sought after term time vacancies including:▶️After School Club Asst▶️Cover Supervisor▶️First Aid Co-ordinator▶️Teaching Assistant▶️Wraparound Care Managerhttps://t.co/aB9AAKLNmT#schooljobs pic.twitter.com/Ajs5hEu4k0

30/11/23

Congratulations to the students in yr8 who were recognised for their effort and achievement this month. pic.twitter.com/fN8YjZkIb8

30/11/23

JLT Virtual Reality! JLT being RBA Ambassadors testing out the new RBA VR system 🖥️😀 pic.twitter.com/iL8g1HLltR

30/11/23

We are so impressed by the confidence of Yr8s leading Yr12 form promoting Maths! pic.twitter.com/1ZAGadX8Kx

30/11/23

Thank you to Miss Pett for organising. Lovely get together for year 7, friendship & pizza 🍕 pic.twitter.com/FwVd7q0oNZ

30/11/23

In Oak class, the Message Centre is our favourite place to play. Today, we made a rainbow pen and used it to create lots of interesting marks. Even Mrs Ward wanted to join in the fun! pic.twitter.com/l85Go9sywe

30/11/23

Teaching vacancies closing soon! Join a supportive and expanding MAT across Beds and Herts including :🟢Asst Head of Science🟢Design & Technology🟢English🟢Geography (MAT)https://t.co/aB9AAKLNmT#teachingvacancies pic.twitter.com/4pRxeDhdx4

30/11/23

Year 13 students in A Level Chemistry class were measuring the pH of acids using data loggers as part of their practical assessment. pic.twitter.com/FQZeTwd7xP

30/11/23

Wonderful design. Congratulations Anna. https://t.co/MjnijtVa09

30/11/23

Workshop wonders. Great creativity seen from the students, in the session on ‘strange designs’. A design and make brief on taking an existing ‘boring’ but functional product and creating something new and fun. pic.twitter.com/i7Htpa3Azj

Central Operational Services

Operations Support

The central team is led by Hazel Wale, an established educational professional with vast experience in the operational functions within schools. She leads a highly trained team based on an “Ask the Expert” model whereby specialists are in post to support the workings of the schools and the Trust in a range of key areas.

The central hub has a wealth of knowledge and expertise that is used to support the learning and working environment across the Trust. SET hosts events for both staff and governors, offering dedicated CPD and opportunities to meet and share best practice with colleagues across the Trust.

Administration and Data

Our very experienced Chief Information Officer oversees the strategic direction and day to day admin provision within our SET schools. Their guidance and support for the office managers across the Trust enable them and their teams to work effectively and efficiently, and very much feel supported.

Data administration is now offered as a centralised service to Trust schools, providing support for an effective data collection service. Our central team is able to generate and distribute data collection forms, monitor their return, support the administrative input of assessment and attainment data and then to analyse and manipulate all inputted data at a summary level for each school.

Each school has a SOAP (school on a page) data sheet that is completed termly to give the Trust Board and local Governing Bodies an up-to-date snapshot of a wide range of indicators about that school’s performance - a highly effective monitoring device for all school leaders.

Attendance

The Scholars’ Education Trust knows that poor attendance can have a devastating impact on pupils’ attainment and progress. Attendance is a key a Trust focus with aspirational attendance targets set for each school. All SET schools were above national averages in their attendance for 2021/22 and we are focussed on ensuring we maintain those excellent standards.

Attendance assistants, based in each school, are supported by our highly qualified and skilled Trust Attendance Manager, who works with the schools to ensure well documented processes and practices together with providing on-site and remote access support for more complex cases, staff training, school assemblies, tutor group visits, and punctuality checks – the list is endless and effective!

Finance

SET ‘s Chief Finance Officer is a fully qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience and a true understanding of educational finance and budgeting. Under their leadership, SET offers a fully centralised finance provision with each schools’ accounts reflecting their own GAG income with other income and expenditure lines. Monthly accounts are produced for head teachers with a face-to-face meeting to talk them through their accounts and identify any risks and opportunities to their school’s financial health going forwards. Heads tell us how much they appreciate this dedicated time and expert support. They also know that the finance team is immediately contactable for any unforeseen questions or occurrences.

SET accounts are audited annually by externally appointed auditors and termly by internal auditors who look at systems and structure.

Estates

The Trust Estates Manager is responsible for the oversight of the estate management of the schools in the Trust. He works with and oversees the work of the site teams at each school ensuring that health & safety compliance, management of school estates projects, asset management and the tracking of premises linked budgets are to a high standard.

The Estates Manager also oversees capital projects across the Trust, funded by both the SCA and school revenue funding, based on preventative and reactive maintenance and school agreed improvement projects. There is a real focus on ensuring value for money and sustainability. The Estates Manager is part of the Trust’s sustainability working party and as part of that work is keen to build on the decarbonisation grants totalling £1.2m already received by the Trust which supported the installation of PV panels, LED lighting together with water and energy saving devices.

Human Resources

The HR Manager and her team offer a comprehensive package of support for all the SET schools, including in the following areas:

  • Recruitment – from advert, to shortlist, compliance checks, interview programmes and the issuing of contracts. They ensure that prospective candidates are fully informed and supported through the recruitment process to successful outcome, with schools able to be confident that all recruitment checks and pre start date arrangements will have been completed.
  • SCR – the single central record is maintained and monitored centrally, with Heads and nominated personnel able to access the records online, together with their school’s overall compliance rating. This enables Heads and Chairs of Governors to be updated and informed, and above all confident that this key area is in safe hands.
  • HR policies are maintained centrally and regularly sent to Heads, SLT and governors for review, with comments noted for Trust Board consideration before publication.
  • General HR support- staff wellbeing, absence monitoring and support, performance management, maternity and paternity arrangements – the list goes on, our team are able to answer all the detailed questions that can prove time-consuming and confusing for schools!

PLEASE NOTE: SET follows both the Burgundy and Green books.

IT and Digital Technology

IT and Digital Technology are growing areas in all schools, and SET schools are no exception. The Director of IT works with the SET Headteachers to oversee the strategic direction of their IT provision and also oversees the 1:1 device programmes in our secondary schools. All schools have an on-site technician (for primary schools this may be on a shared basis) to address their IT queries, issues or wishes. The Director of IT and Deputy Director of IT support this work either by on-site visits or remote access, whichever is the more effective.

Samuel Ryder Academy is an Apple Distinguished School, one of fewer than 800 globally, and is also the Regional Training Centre for Hertfordshire on Apple Technology in the classroom. iPad technology has revolutionised the way our staff teach across the curriculum, impacting both student engagement and outcomes.

Payroll

SET manages its own payroll service under the direction of a highly experienced payroll manager and team. Any member of staff with a query is able contact the team directly and receive an answer to their question; new staff are paid promptly and, most importantly, all staff are paid accurately and on time. The payroll team also manage all requirements under the Teaching Pension Scheme (TPS) and the support staff pension scheme (LPP) linked to the local authority the school sits under, and as such are a font of knowledge.

SET staff often comment on how much they appreciate being able to talk to a colleague rather than the anonymous representative of an external provider when they have a query.

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