DT Technician & Learning Support Assistant
The Eastwood Academy, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5UU15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £18,840
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Experience
- Have a GCSE (minimum grade C or level 4), ‘O’ Level (Pass) or equivalent qualification in Mathematics and English (essential).
- Successful experience working with children in a school/early years environment.
- Educated to NVQ Level 2 in learning support/early years, NNEB or equivalent qualification/experience would be an advantage
- Good reading and writing skills
- Good numeracy skills
- Knowledge of basic ICT to support learning
- Ability to write basic reports
Communication
- Ability to use clear language to communicate information unambiguously
- Ability to listen effectively
- Overcome communication barriers with children and adults
Working with children
- Understand and implement the school’s behaviour management policy
- Ability to understand and support children with developmental difficulty or disability
- Good understanding of the school curriculum
- Ability to assess progress and performance
- Understand and support the importance of physical and emotional wellbeing
Working with others
- Understand the role of others working in and with the school
- Understand and value the role of parents and carers in supporting children
- Ability to work effectively with a range of adults
- Ability to follow instructions accurately
Responsibilities
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to manage own time effectively
What the school offers its staff
- High quality internal CPD to all staff members which largely reflects the priorties of the School Development Plan.
- High quality, nationally accredited CPD e.g. MSc, NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML, CSBM, OTP and ITP.
- Opportunities for internal secondments and promotions.
Commitment to safeguarding
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search to help identify information that is publicly available online which the Academy might want to explore with the candidate at interview. Further, we are fully committed to safeguarding and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake the appropriate pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About The Eastwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1147 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Eastwood Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk
EPAT is a cross-phase ‘Starter Trust’, providing high quality educational provision, standards and outcomes in local schools. It was formed on 1st February 2017, through a collaborative partnership between The Eastwood Academy (a secondary converter academy) and Bournemouth Park Primary School (a maintained primary school).
The Eastwood Academy's ethos - ‘Believe, Succeed, Together’- is an uncompromising belief that all pupils can and will succeed in a learning environment which supports and values everyone and their achievements.
Locally, the Eastwood Academy is the highest performing non-selective school and regularly outperforms the selective schools. Nationally, in terms of pupil progress, the Academy has been in the top 10% of schools over the last 3 years.
The Eastwood Academy was subject to a section 5 Ofsted inspection in December 2018 and achieved an ‘outstanding’ judgement in all categories.
Bournemouth Park Academy is a rapidly improving non-selective primary school in Southend. In 2016, it was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and was ranked in the top 100 most improved primary schools in the country.
Arranging a visit to The Eastwood Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk.
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