Investors in People Platinum Award School
The IIP Platinum accreditation is the highest accolade that can be achieved against the Investors in People Standard and is currently held by only 1% of IIP accredited organisations who have truly met and advanced the expectations of our framework. Built on the three pillars of Leading, Supporting and Improving, the IIP framework sets out what it takes to deliver a people management system that enables organisations to succeed by realising the potential of their people.
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Redbridge Community School believes that our staff and our students are our greatest asset. The two qualities we look for in our appointments are personality and potential. Our staff morale is high because we listen to ideas and views to shape the vibe and ethos of the school.
Vibrant staff lead to vibrant students, which leads to a vibrant and motivating school.
We offer our staff:
- Personal health benefits
- A range of opportunities for promotion
- High quality training
- A sympathetic meeting pattern to support work/ life balance
- Almost all school meetings before school, freeing up time after school for staff to do what they need to do
- Evening school events are always on a Thursday
- Requests for time off for personal events are met with a supportive response – this is normally paid
- A VIP Hub staff/ student room
- Employee of the month with rewards
- Rewards and recognition from the leadership team
- A range of fun, celebratory whole-school events like Party in the Park and Winter Wonderland
We hope at some stage you consider Redbridge Community School to be the perfect choice for your career development!
Please contact us if you wish to discuss your career opportunities.
Staff Comments
"Redbridge has been a place where I have truly been given great opportunities. I joined here 12 years ago; after having worked in Finance and Accounting all of my working life - but needing a job that worked around my young children and their childcare. The job worked perfectly, and gave me the opportunity to spend all of the holidays with my family and I loved working in a school environment. After I had been here for 3 years an opportunity arose to cover the Business Manager role that had become available and because of my background I was approached to cover - that turned into a permanent position and 9 years later I am the Business Manager and love everything that it brings. Redbridge invested in the Diploma in School Business Management course for me and always supported me. I have an amazing group of people who work with me in the support department; and many of them have been given opportunities to grow their positions and take on new challenges. There are constantly changes being made at the school and we never stand still for long - making the job really interesting and somewhere you want to be part of."
"Redbridge is a wonderful place to work, I have always been supported and it is a place that genuinely cares about the students and staff alike. There is a real community spirit at Redbridge, everyone supports each other. My role as Librarian is one where I have been able to be creative in helping students to make progress and instill a love of reading. Something I feel very passionate about. A comment a student made recently really touched my heart....:"Miss isn't it great when you can lose yourself in a book, and not notice anything else around you". These moments are inspiring, and make every day at work great, knowing I can make a difference."
Redbridge quite possibly saved my life. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown before I started here. I was in a well paid job but life hadn't quite gone to plan, I hated my job and every day was like staring into the abyss. Working at Redbridge has given me a purpose, every day is different and the opportunities and respect I get from management, colleagues and the students has given me the confidence to have a go at anything and everything. I have helped lead trips abroad with the school, I am qualified in outdoor education activities, I am now responsible for all our minibus drivers via the MiDAS program, I now teach full classes and am on course to become fully qualified. Yeah, not every day is perfect but it's alright you know!
"Redbridge School is truly is a great place to work. Every day is different and each day brings new challenges. The students are happy and seeing them grow emotionally, physically, and educationally over the years is very rewarding. They have amazing personalities and are always making me laugh. Redbridge has a very supportive ethos where we are encouraged to try new things and run with ideas we have, this has allowed me to develop my teaching and have great success with students. There is a great team feeling within the staff as we all work collectively towards a common goal centred on improving the lives of all students. The school is always moving forwards, and you really do want to be part of it."
"I came to Redbridge from a school which, to use a euphemism, was far from being good, or even professional. It was at a time in my life when I was thinking about giving up teaching altogether, as I had reached a wall. However, accepting the post of Head of Languages at Redbridge has been the best decision I have ever taken professionally. It has completely changed my way of teaching, as since my starting day there, I have been given many opportunities to attend excellent courses, internal or external. My vision of teaching has changed and my techniques have improved massively. After four years here, I am back to loving my job, which is more like a vocation to me, and enjoying working with a fantastic team, from the efficient Senior Management team, to the super friendly and lovely ladies in the office. I feel valued and supported every day, in everything I do. This school has raised the bar of my expectations on many levels and I am just really grateful to be a part of it."
