Learning and Support Assistant

Learning and Support Assistant

Salary: £85 - £100 per day

Job type: Full time, Long Term

Start date: ASAP

Immediate Start

Who are we?

‘The school focuses on the holistic child’ (OFSTED, September 2023)

‘Pupils respond extremely well to the challenge of becoming independent learners’ (OFSTED, September 2023)

Our School is a community in which everyone enjoys academic and social success. The school actively celebrates and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion and aims to make everyone in our community feel welcome and wanted in school.

An 4 to 18 mixed gender school, we are proud to serve a culturally rich, but often underprivileged, community and are fiercely determined that every child in our care will develop into a confident young adult, who is academically and socially accomplished.

The school’s consecutive ‘outstanding’ OFSTED reports of 2016 and 2022 and our consistently high progress 8 scores – 0.76 in 2018; 0.82 in 2019; 0.6 in 2022 – have established our students’ reputation for academic excellence and we are highly regarded in the local community for our calm, focused learning environment.

However, we are neither complacent not satisfied. The school strives for excellence in all aspects of its work and over the last year we have completed revised our studied, pastoral and wider curricular to ensure we are meeting the needs of all our students in the current post-Covid context. Our intention is to take each student on an educational journey of memorable and stimulating learning experiences, that enables them to be academically and socially successful, both in school and beyond.

What is the role?

‘Leaders and staff have extremely high expectations for all aspects of school life’ (OFSTED, September 2022)

It is in this context that the school is seeking to appoint a Learning and Support Assistant to join the inclusion team. Applications are welcome from current teaching assistants and recent graduates who are looking to start their careers within education. The school has a proven track record of developing skilled and recently qualified graduates, who are willing to undertake the necessary training for this role.

This role will have a significant impact on supporting all students to fulfil their potential by being able to access the full range of activities and education that the school provides.

What can we offer the appointed candidate?

‘Low-level disruption in class is very rare. Pupils come to lessons ready and eager to learn’ (OFSTED, September 2022)

Working at our School offers colleagues the following benefits:

• An exceptional learning environment
• Keeping well time every half term
• A generous pension scheme
• Reduced London wide gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest free travel season ticket loans
• Employee assistance programme
• Computer purchase scheme

‘Pupils are proud of their school. They enjoy school and feel safe’ (OFSTED, September 2022)

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will have a safeguarding responsibility if appointed. The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.  This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

To apply for this Learning Support Assistant opportunity your detailed CV to Clarus Education now to be considered. We will be contacting those shortlisted within 48 hours of an application.

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