Support Staff Reference Questionaire

Please note:
This reference should contain no material misstatement or omission. The content of the reference may be discussed with the candidate at interview. We may contact you subsequently for clarification of any part of the reference.

Candidate:* Post:* Referee:* Position/Organisation/School:* 1. Please confirm the candidates period of employment with your organisation/school*


From (DD/MM/YYYY)
To (DD/MM/YYYY)

2. Please give the candidate's current or last job title within your organisation/school and if applicable their reason for reason for leaving:* 3. Please give details of the applicant salary and any other remuneration (if known): 4. Please state your work relationship to the candidate (e.g. current LA employer, Head Teacher, Chair of Governors) and for how long you have worked with them in this capacity:*

5. With reference to the enclosed person specification, please comment on:
(a) Please list the items on the person spec for this particular job

Major duties and responsibilities:* Job Activities:* (b) other experience, qualities and notable achievements that are relevant to the attached job description and person specification:* 6. Have you ever had any reason to doubt the candidate's honesty, trustworthiness or reliability?* if yes, please give details:

7. (a) Is the candidate currently the subject of any form of disciplinary action or capability action( for capability this relates to last two years within your employment)?* If yes, please give details (b) Have they been subject to any inquiry or warning?* If yes, please give details and the outcome: Was the candidate the subject of any such query or warning?* If yes, please give details and the outcome:* 8. Have you knowledge of any disciplanary offences relating to children committed by the candidate, including any which the penalty is 'time expired'?* If yes, please give details and the outcome:* 9. To your knowledge, has the candidate been the subject of any child protection concerns?* If yes, please give details and the outcome: 10. Please state any other relevant information that a prospective employer should know about the candidate:* 11. Would you re-employ the candidate if you were able?*

Please tick the relevant statement (guidance below):*Can be recommended without reservationCan be strongly recommendedCan be recommendedCan be recommended with some reservationsCannot be recommended

Recommended without reservation

Recommended without reservation
• Proven track record for good leadership and management
• Has taken the school forward
• No doubt about the candidate's ability to respond to change in a new situation

Strongly recommend
• Notable achievements in leadership and management
• Has taken the school forward
• Some difficulty could have been experienced in current post but candidate has been perceptive enough to be self critical, analytical and working to improve
•Confident about candidate's adaptability and ability to respond to change in a new situation

Recommended
•Proven, competent manager and leader
•Some evidence of achievement in the school but certainly no evidence of regression
•confident about the candidates ability to do a 'steady job'
•In the case of a deputy specifically:
•Confident that the deputy, who has not been given the opportunity to fully exercise leadership and management skills had demonstrated the potential to fulfil this role
• Confident that the deputy a (a) particular shortcoming(s) has an appropriate weighting of other competencies

Recommendation with some reservations
• Competence, to undertake the role exists, but a programme of support/development should be in place for the applicant to succeed in the post

Cannot be recommended
• There is some level of competence but a significant number of shortcomings
or
• Proven record of sustained under achievement and a significant lack of confidence

Conway Primary School

Support Staff Reference Questionaire

Recommended without reservation

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