LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Permanent Contract

Required 15^th November 2021

18 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (43.1 paid weeks)

Scale 3, within the range 4-5

Actual salary £7,613-£7,766 per annum

We are looking for a new member of staff to join our learning support assistant team to support children to gain as much as they can from all of the learning opportunities offered to them. Our learning support assistants have the opportunity to work throughout our school, including in our nursery and in our specialist speech and language provision class.  This post is initially to support a Year 2 class. If you are passionate about learning and teaching and able to demonstrate a commitment to inclusive practice we would love to hear from you. The successful applicants will need to demonstrate an ability to work on his/her own initiative as well as the ability to work as part of a team.

This post is for 18 hours per week term time (38 working weeks per year), working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 8.30-11.50 and 12.50-3.30.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged.

All shortlisted applicants will be required to bring to interview evidence of their qualifications for this role (i.e. five or more GCSEs, or equivalent, at grade 5 (C) or above, including English, Maths and Science). Interviews will not go ahead without this.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 28^th October at midday
 

Interview date: Thursday 4^th November

The Governing Body is committed to:

• safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
• promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs, and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.